At the pre-event presidents meeting, I seem to recall Dodge telling us there were 880 Vipers registered, with close to 1500 people expected.
Incidentally, one of the displays in one of the many lobbies at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville at VOI7 was a model of the soon-to-open Gaylord hotel/resort in Texas. Finding a good location is always a challenge, plus you need a hotel you can literally take over with 1500 people for 4 days. I remember musing to myself then, assuming they were pleased with Opryland, if Dodge would consider the new Texas Gaylord resort an appropriate venue for the next VOI?
The Opryland Hotel is the 8th largest hotel (based on rooms) in the US. Numbers 1-7 are in Las Vegas.