I think holding it in a separate room at the same time as the LAN would be worse than having MTG at the LAN in the LAN room. Having them so far apart would mean it would be chaotic for people to get to their matches (vidya and mtg) without holding up everything. Also, space doesn’t seem to be a major issue at the moment, the new LAN layout is great.
In my opinion, we should go for one of these two options:
1) Hold MTG at the LAN, in the room.
Pros:
Wouldn’t cost any extra to the club apart from prize support due to shared venue and promotion.
Potentially/probably higher LAN attendance.
Cons:
Slows down both mtg and video game tournaments.
Added space.
2) Hold separate events at separate dates.
Pros:
Tournaments would be faster and more focused.
Cons:
Cost of running the tournament, like prizes, venue, promotion, etc.