Hotelpocalypse is almost upon us, and soon, the Comic-Con Gods (and time stamps, whatever) are going to determine your fate. Come April 16 and April 23 when placements are revealed, thousands of attendees will be scratching their heads, wondering, “How did I end up at that hotel?”

So, for fun (and to keep you more informed), we’ve broken down the numbers on hotel rooms at all of the hotels in the Comic-Con hotel block. It’s important to note that these are total number of rooms, and at most if not all the hotels, a certain percentage of rooms is left out of the room block – though those rooms not in the hotel block often go for insane rates (looking at you, Hilton Bayfront). Even if we knew what that percentage of non-room-block rooms was at one hotel, there’s no guarantee it’s the same at each hotel – so we’re just going to suggest you subtract at least somewhere around 10% from these numbers, and take all of this with a grain of salt. But, it’s an interesting experiment anyway.

For downtown hotels only, there are 12,139 rooms total (up slightly from 11,922 rooms total in 2018) – with the Manchester Grand Hyatt (1,625 rooms), the San Diego Marriott Marquis and Marina (1,360 rooms), and the Hilton San Diego Bayfront (1,190 rooms) being the only hotels to feature over 1,000 rooms. The Hard Rock Hotel has 420 rooms and the Omni San Diego Hotel has 511 rooms – meaning it’s not hard to imagine both the why and how of why those rooms get snatched up so quickly.

Here’s a look at the breakdown by hotel:

Area Hotel Name # of Rooms Downtown Andaz San Diego 159 Downtown Best Western Plus Bayside Inn 122 Downtown Courtyard San Diego Downtown 235 Downtown Courtyard San Diego Gaslamp 90 Downtown Doubletree Downtown San Diego 333 Downtown Embassy Suites San Diego Bay 341 Downtown Hampton Inn San Diego Downtown 177 Downtown Hard Rock Hotel 420 Downtown Hilton San Diego Bayfront 1,190 Downtown Hilton San Diego Gaslamp Quarter 283 Downtown Horton Grand Hotel 132 Downtown Hotel Indigo 210 Downtown Hotel Palomar 211 Downtown Hotel Republic 258 Downtown Hotel Salomar 235 Downtown InterContinental San Diego (New this year) 400 Downtown Manchester Grand Hyatt 1,625 Downtown Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina 1,360 Downtown Moxy San Diego Downtown/Gaslamp (New this year) 126 Downtown Omni San Diego Hotel 511 Downtown Pendry San Diego 317 Downtown Residence Inn Downtown San Diego 121 Downtown Residence Inn Gaslamp Quarter 240 Downtown Residence Inn San Diego Downtown/Bayfront 147 Downtown San Diego Marriott Gaslamp Quarter 306 Downtown Springhill Suites San Diego Downtown/Bayfront 400 Downtown The Sofia Hotel 211 Downtown The US Grant San Diego 270 Downtown The Westgate Hotel 223 Downtown Westin Gaslamp Quarter 450 Downtown Westin San Diego 436 Downtown Wyndham Bayside 600 TOTALS 12,139

We’ve combined all the other areas (Airport, Coronado Island, Mission Bay, Mission Valley, Old Town, and Shelter Island) into one list. Of those, only the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina offers over 1,000 rooms (1,053 to be precise) – though Town & Country comes in close with 940.

There are 7,564 (down from 7,701 in 2018) rooms total at these non-downtown hotels – which we’ll be honest, we were a bit surprised to see is less than the number of rooms downtown. However, these are only rooms in the hotel block negotiated by CCI, meaning there are any endless number of both hotels and rooms available outside the system.

Here’s a look at the breakdown by room:

Area Hotel Name # of Rooms Airport Courtyard SD Airport/Liberty Station 197 Airport Hilton San Diego Airport Harbor Island 211 Airport Holiday Inn San Diego Bayside 237 Airport Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina 1,053 Coronado Island Coronado Island Marriott Resort 300 Coronado Island Hotel del Coronado 679 Mission Valley Courtyard San Diego Mission Valley 317 Mission Valley Crowne Plaza San Diego 416 Mission Valley Days Inn San Diego Hotel Circle South 280 Mission Valley Doubletree by Hilton SD Hotel Circle 219 Mission Valley Doubletree by Hilton Mission Valley 300 Mission Valley Hampton Inn San Diego Mission Valley 182 Mission Valley Handlery Hotel San Diego 217 Mission Valley Hilton San Diego Mission Valley 350 Mission Valley Hotel Iris 79 Mission Valley San Diego Marriott Mission Valley 350 Mission Valley Sheraton San Diego – Mission Valley 260 Mission Valley Spring Hill Suites by Marriott Mission Valley 135 Mission Valley Town and Country Resort 940 Old Town Best Western Plus Hacienda Hotel Old Town SD 199 Shelter Island Bay Club Hotel and Marina 105 Shelter Island Best Western Plus Island Palms Hotel and Marina 227 Shelter Island Humphrey’s Half Moon Inn and Suites 182 Shelter Island Kona Kai Resort Spa and Marina 129 TOTALS 7,564

Even assuming that most folks in town for San Diego Comic-Con are going to be rooming with other attendees, and that some get their rooms outside the system, there are only 19,703 total rooms available in the hotel sale (and that’s best case scenario, if every single room at each of those hotels was made available to attendees – and we’re very sure that’s not the case). There are well over 130,000 attendees, and while 19,703 isn’t a lot to squeeze them into, it becomes even more difficult when most of them want to stay downtown. That’s why every year after the cancellation deadline, there are still hotels available in Mission Valley and the Airport. It’s not that attendees can’t find somewhere to stay, it’s that it’s just not downtown.

Math is hard, but it’s not hard to see why Hotelpocalypse has become the monster that it has: Supply and demand, baby.