My guess is they wanted to arbitrarily set a higher priority point limit for the Green lot, so next year when everyone is feeling good about what a great season we had, they can push us all to donate more to get back into that lot. There is no chance that next year the priority point limit is going to go back to where it was.
And there is no way all those spots they cleared out are reserved for VIPS. The old VIP lot is still there and mostly empty. Even with additional media/scouts/GMs, etc, they are not going to use all those spots. The building has been full for years and the VIP lot is never near capacity, so how is it going to fill up now?