I think you will find Boeing that there was eleven. If there was only eight why were they busing pax to the old terminal at the 6.30am?
Loads of room? The old terminal is general aviation, lots of private jets. Okay shorts area is maintenance hence it is flymaybe's parking garage. Plus there is no facilities over there to handle passenger operations. On another note, the aircraft i.e. A320s would sink at the old terminal. That is why stands are being resurfaced.