BlizzCon '10 Not in Vegas After All

[John Funk]

BlizzCon '10 Not in Vegas After All

Despite a listing on the Las Vegas Convention Center website indicating that BlizzCon 2010 would be held there, Blizzard has confirmed that the convention "will not be held in Las Vegas."

Yesterday, we reported that the Las Vegas Convention Center had posted a listing [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/96089-Will-BlizzCon-2010-be-in-Las-Vegas] advertising that the annual celebration of all things Blizzard would be held there on July 30th and 31st of 2010. While Blizzard's initial response was a brief and simple statement that effectively said "No Comment" and warned fans against making travel plans, a Blizzard representative elaborated to The Escapist and confirmed that the convention would not be in Vegas after all:

"We haven't announced any details regarding our next BlizzCon -- though we can confirm that it will not be held in Las Vegas -- so we recommend everyone refrain from making any BlizzCon-related travel plans at this time."

A representative from the LVCVA explained the error to us: "The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority inadvertently listed BlizzCon as coming to the Las Vegas Convention Center for 2010 on our convention calendar. This was simply a clerical error that led to the listing, and we removed the listing as soon as it was brought to our attention. We apologize for any confusion the BlizzCon listing may have caused anyone."

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[The Great JT]

WTB [Blizzcon in Raleigh], PST.

 

[Amnestic]

WTB [Blizzcon in Raleigh], PST.

WTB [BlizzCon in London], paying twice JT's offer. PST!

Though if they were to have it in Europe, it'd likely be in Paris anyway.

 

[Eri]

If they hold it California again, well, they are just stupid.

 

[Gxas]

WTB Blizzcon at my house. Refreshments will be served.

 

[scotth266]

WTB [Blizzcon in Pittsburgh], paying thrice JT's offer.

Odds are there was some sort of deal going on that later got canceled or something. Meh, who knows. Hopefully they announce the pricing scheme that they're going for with the Starcraft II triple release when it comes around though...

 

[Chrissyluky]

WTS blizzcon location 10,000g discount if you live in america PST. And yeah if they were going to have it in europe(which i seriously doubt) it would probably be in paris.

 

[Amnestic]

WTS blizzcon location 10,000g discount if you live in america PST. And yeah if they were going to have it in europe(which i seriously doubt) it would probably be in paris.

We did have the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard_Worldwide_Invitational] in Paris last year, rather than South Korea like it normally is, though they apparently didn't do one this year >_>

 

[Chimaera]

I imagine they'd make many fans happy with an East Coast Edition.

 

[Vierran]

I think it would be cool for them to do multiple ones in different places at once, so maybe one on the east coast, one on the west coast, one or two in Europe, one or two in Asia and one in Australia, they could link them all up and we could all interact with each other. Very unlikely as it would cost too much money and would be hard to co-ordinate but one can dream can't they?