Back in my younger, more hopeful days, I made a point of seeing as much of it as I could, making a pretty good run at walking every official hall.After much foot dragging, the organization had to finally admit that an in-person CES 2021 was a terrible idea for all parties, and the pivot to a virtual event was understandably rocky.It’s a remarkable drop, but I suppose that, given everything happening at the time, cracking 40,000 was a victory of sorts.The CTA says it’s on track for 100,000 this year — seeing as how there isn’t another prominent COVID-19 variant, it seems likely that, at the very least, there will be a sizable jump from 2022.I’m likely not alone in my suspicions that the CTA didn’t want people getting too comfortable with 2021’s virtual event."