Well, that was fast. After revealing that the East Coast iteration of Penny Arcade Expo is heading to Boston in 2010, we now have more specific details
care of BigDownload and PA director of sales Mike Fehlauer. In an interview with BigD, Fehlauer confirmed that the window is "late March 2010" and will be at John B Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center, a venue with 193,000 square feet of exhibit space, roughly the same amount as this year's PAX. However, Fehlauer noted that the first PAX EC will not be planned as a huge vent first, with growth planned every year.
Penny Arcade will handle exhibitor booking, event planning and other content, while the grunt work (labor unions, hotels, etc.) will be done by Reed Exhibitions (New York Comic-Con). When asked if there are any potential conflicts with the Game Developers Conference, Fehlauer explained that they feel the audiences are disparate (industry vs. consumer) and both events are very different.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Obie @ Aug 30th 2008 2:37PM
Hot damn! East coast finally, I am SO gonna go for that one!
lordwow @ Aug 30th 2008 3:02PM
It's the Hynes Convention Center, not Haynes.
Mr Khan @ Aug 30th 2008 3:06PM
March? I might be in Japan at that point
Either spring 2010 or spring 2011, but now i hope it's the latter
ice~ @ Aug 30th 2008 3:46PM
OMG YES! I can go to this one, by then I'll be a free man in college...and new York to Boston is a great trip, cool
daniel808 @ Aug 30th 2008 4:24PM
Is that Matt Damon? What movie is that?
PepperJack @ Aug 30th 2008 5:34PM
Good Will Hunting
Lewis (RROD: July 16) @ Aug 30th 2008 8:51PM
Weird. I got a email from the NYCC guys saying it's coming to NYC. Not fair.
Charlie @ Aug 31st 2008 1:31AM
I'm getting hitched in late February 2010. Maybe the new-wife will let me catch PAX if I beg.
??? @ Sep 1st 2008 2:32AM
Holy f$^&. That's a CHALLENGE to Tim Buckley (his Gaming Overload, a rip-off of PAX, occurs in Providence (an hour south of Boston) usually around the same time).