No, because of the short notice of the Adam’s Mark closing (when you’re dealing with so many people, two years is definitely short notice!), they weren’t about to block out the entire hotel. Honestly, I don’t know if they were able to get the whole hotel this year or not.

Dear gods. Making the hike back and forth between the convention center a dozen times per day was bad enough; add in another couple of blocks and I’d have died.
Either way, you’d best make your reservation soon. The Omni sold out pretty quickly last year as well – within a month of the Westin selling out, if I recall correctly, and it sounds like attendance at AC will be up this year.