Gottacon 2012 Gaming Convention Feb 3 - 5

[tristan]

GottaCon 2012 Gaming Convention Returns for 4th Year- February 3 to 5, 2012

After a third successful year, GottaCon 2012 is set to take place on February 3rd to 5th, 2012 at the Pearkes Recreation centre in Victoria, BC. The 2011 show saw an increase in attendance which exceeded 1,100 attendees and attendance for the 2012 show is expected to continue to grow.

GottaCon is a three-day broad spectrum gaming convention that is held annually on the first weekend in February in Victoria, British Columbia. GottaCon celebrates the science fiction and fantasy genres, covers many related hobbies and offers a one stop experience for the fans and enthusiasts of those genres.

The vision of GottaCon is to host something for everyone including free-play and tournaments in board games, collectible/non-collectible miniatures, collectible trading cards, role-playing games, and electronic gaming as well as demonstrations, contests, information sessions, workshops, a variety of exhibitors.

Our goal is to deliver a high quality and exciting environment that will establish GottaCon as an annual destination that participants will return to for years to come. Our 2012 event is called GottaCon 2012. The convention doors open at 5:00pm Friday and do not close until 7:00pm Sunday (around the clock gaming for an entire weekend).

GottaCon will take place at Pearkes Recreation Centre at 3100 Tillicum Rd. with over 24,000 square feet of floor space (for facility details, visit: www.saanich.ca/parkrec/recreation/pearkes.html).

History of GottaCon Attendance:
First show (GottaCon 2009) attendance: 600
Second show (GottaCon 2010) attendance: 900
Third show (GottaCon 2011) attendance: 1100
Anticipated attendance at GottaCon 2012 show: 1300 to 1500


If you still haven’t experienced what GottaCon has to offer then you definitely check out our 2012 show. For more information, please visit our web site at www.gottacon.com or e-mail one of the owners or our staff at the following
addresses:

Owners
Carson Upton, Partner: [e-mail]
Evan Hatch, Partner: [e-mail]

Staff
Bonnie Beyea, Volunteer Manager: [e-mail]
Corey Burger, Role Playing Game Manager: [e-mail]
Dan Erickson, Board Games Manager: [e-mail]
Julia Sherred, Special Events Manager: [e-mail]
Paul Puhallo, Miniatures Manager: [e-mail]


We will also be making numerous announcements over the next few weeks around sponsors, events and developments so please keep an eye on our website, facebook group and twitter account to stay up to date.

We look forward to hearing from you and seeing you at our convention!

[varagon]

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[tristan]

GottaCon Proud to Introduce Area Managers at 2012 Show

As GottaCon entered its fourth show year it was decided that help was needed to handle the ever growing workload associated in running and improving a gaming convention. We just wanted to take a moment and introduce the individuals that will be helping to deliver our biggest and best show ever. We are very excited to have these individuals onboard this year and we hope you are too!!

Bonnie Beyea, Volunteer Manager
Though it has been more than a couple years since Bonnie worked at a game store she has lost none of her love for gaming. Bonnie is a long standing GottaCon volunteer and has experience in many of our key positions. Last year Bonnie really stepped up and took on a leadership role which put her on our radar for this position. This year she has taken on the role of volunteer manager and will be working hard with all our volunteers to make sure we have another successful year.

Contact Bonnie regarding volunteering and related questions at: [e-mail]

Corey Burger, Role Playing Games Manager
Corey has been part of the Victoria RPG community for many years, both in organization and running events. This is only one of the many ways that he gets involved in the local community. Corey is experienced with many systems and has a passion to help others have fun. Corey has been running the on-site RPG event coordinator duties for the last two years and is now stepping up and taking on a management roll.

Contact Corey regarding role playing games related questions and events at: [e-mail]

Dan Erickson, Board Games Manager
Dan has a passion for board games and when we approached him about the position of managing the board games area he jumped right in to our delight. Dan has past experience working in game stores, is versed in a long list of board games, has shown great leadership, and teaching skills as well as he is a very personable guy which will come in handy as he oversees all things board games at GottaCon 2012.

Contact Dan regarding board game related questions and events at: [e-mail]

Julia (Jules) Sherred, Special Events Manager
Jules has been a part of the Geek Community for many years. She runs a successful blog and radio show Geeky Pleasures. She has experience working with celebrities as she has interviewed some well known geeks on her radio show, including: Wil Wheaton and Jonathan Coulton. She has attended and volunteered at the last two GottaCon conventions and now brings her experience to help organize and run panels, workshops and special events at the 2012 show.

Contact Jules regarding special events related questions and events at: [e-mail]

Paul Puhallo, Miniatures Manager
Paul has been with GottaCon since the beginning back in 2009. Paul's continued dedication to GottaCon and Miniature based events and communities as a whole made him one of our most wanted. We consider ourselves very fortunate to have him come on as our Miniatures Manager for GottaCon 2012. Paul is very outgoing, kind, considerate and dedicated individual that strives to make our events the most well presented, fun and fair that they can be. We look forward to what he will bring to our 2012 show.

Contact Paul regarding miniature games related questions and events at: [e-mail]

Once again we are proud to present our 2012 show managers and we look forward to hearing from you and seeing you at our 2012 event.

[tristan]

GottaCon 2012 Vendor Booths, Sponsorship and Floor Plan

This announcement is a quick update on the status of our vendor booth availability, sponsorship/advertising options and a first look at our preliminary floor plan for GottaCon 2012.

GottaCon Conventions is excited to release the preliminary floor plan for GottaCon 2012. As you can see, via the link below, this year we continue to host events in over 24,000 square feet of space and we have modified some of the areas to meet demands! Some of the features new to GottaCon 2012 that you might notice from this floor plan are as follows:

- We have expanded our board game and video game and role playing game areas to keep up with demand. We also expanded the auction space to keep up with the large amount of great items up for sale.
- Warhammer 40K, Fantasy and LoTR championship qualifiers are back and bigger than ever!! We continue to up our capacity to accommodate.
- Warmachine/Hordes made a successful début at GottaCon 2011 and will be returning in 2012 with increased capacity and support.
- Video games were a huge hit last year and in response to that we will be dedicating a lot of effort this year into improving it. This year the video game console area will be back featuring Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii with lots of great casual as well as competitive tournaments and freeplay.
- We have expanded our computer LAN capacity further. As always attendees are encouraged to bring their own systems and jack into our LAN at no extra cost. The LAN will feature casual as well as competitive tournaments and freeplay

www.gottacon.com/components/images/gottacon2012floorplan.png


GottaCon Vendor booths are now 50% sold out. If you are interested in promoting your business and the many fine items you have for sale at our 2012 show please contact us before it is too late!! Also if you know of a business you would like to see at GottaCon 2012 please let us know and we will contact them. Below please find a link to our vendor information package.

www.gottacon.com/components/vendor_info_package_2012.pdf

Are you thinking of ways to market your business/product to the gaming world? Well becoming a sponsor of GottaCon 2012 is a great way to do just that. Our sponsorship/advertising packages are very affordable and reach the audience you desire. For more information please see our sponsorship and advertising information package.

www.gottacon.com/components/gottacon_advertising_packet_2012.pdf

As always please visit our website for more information on our 2012 event! See you on February 3, 2012.

[Darkson]

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