4-Day Badges Sold Out, Limited Single-Day Badges Remain
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Posted by mikeboozer 7 years agoon 7/6/2017 at 5:09 PM

As announced today via [press release], 4-Day badges for Gen Con 50 now have sold out. Sales of single-day badges (Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday Family Fun) will continue at gencon.com, though supplies are limited. Interested in attending? You still can, but you should purchase your badges soon, as single-day badges also are expected to reach a sellout. Family Fun Day (Sunday, August 20) badges remain, and allow four people to attend for $45. Children ages 8-and-under are free to attend any day of Gen Con with a child wristband.

Due to these expected sellouts, Gen Con will not offer on-site badge sales at Gen Con 50. Any remaining badges will be available for sale at gencon.com with will call pick-up. As in prior years, Gen Con will offer 24-hour will call, starting at noon on Wednesday, August 16 and staying open throughout the entire convention. To help speed up the will call process, Gen Con will expand the area.

The Gen Con team would like to thank all the attendees that have chosen to "Celebrate Gaming History" at Gen Con 50!

Posted by david campbell 7 years agoon 7/6/2017 at 5:31 PM

That's incredible. Congratulations!

Posted by bushmaster 7 years agoon 7/6/2017 at 5:33 PM

Wow. Who would have ever thought...

Posted by rhone1 7 years agoon 7/6/2017 at 5:36 PM

Way to go Gen Con!  

Posted by bith 7 years agoon 7/6/2017 at 5:39 PM

So, who's up for that Thursday rush to the dealer hall?  Gonna be waaaaaay too crowded.
 

Posted by gencon322198 7 years agoon 7/6/2017 at 5:42 PM

Unbelievable

Posted by varelseshrike bith 7 years agoon 7/6/2017 at 6:00 PM

bithlord wrote:
So, who's up for that Thursday rush to the dealer hall?  Gonna be waaaaaay too crowded.
 
 
Yep, RIP to my wishlist this year.

Not going to be nearly enough product. I know the retailers cant bring too much product because anything they dont sell is too expensive to ship back. Also, most new games don't have enough produced yet to bring a ton of copies. 

Posted by andrewj.rager 7 years agoon 7/6/2017 at 6:06 PM

Yup I'll be on the second floor watching the madness this year. No way I am trying that again. Most things end up on Cool Stuff 40% off by October. lol

Posted by grimlon42 7 years agoon 7/6/2017 at 6:27 PM

I have a friend who has been a little down financially recently and did not get a chance to purchase the 4-day badge, and he was going to purchase it this upcoming week. Is buying each individual day pass the only way for him to attend the con now?

Posted by trace_sl grimlon42 7 years agoon 7/6/2017 at 6:34 PM

grimlon42 wrote:
I have a friend who has been a little down financially recently and did not get a chance to purchase the 4-day badge, and he was going to purchase it this upcoming week. Is buying each individual day pass the only way for him to attend the con now?

He can volunteer at the ENnie booth for 3 shifts and they will provide a badge - see EN World for details.
 

Posted by divachelle andrewj.rager 7 years agoon 7/6/2017 at 6:37 PM

andrewj.rager wrote:
Yup I'll be on the second floor watching the madness this year. 
That's where we hang out every year...15 minutes after the hall opens, we scoot in and get what we want.

Posted by andrewj.rager divachelle 7 years agoon 7/6/2017 at 6:42 PM

divachelle wrote:
andrewj.rager wrote:
Yup I'll be on the second floor watching the madness this year. 
That's where we hang out every year...15 minutes after the hall opens, we scoot in and get what we want.
Yup that will be the plan see you on the balcony. :)

Posted by jm.spellslinger andrewj.rager 7 years agoon 7/6/2017 at 6:47 PM

andrewj.rager wrote:
divachelle wrote:
andrewj.rager wrote:
Yup I'll be on the second floor watching the madness this year. 
That's where we hang out every year...15 minutes after the hall opens, we scoot in and get what we want.
Yup that will be the plan see you on the balcony. :)
Ill be there too, taking photos to send all of my sad friends who are unable to attend due to badges selling out!

Posted by rutherfordr 7 years agoon 7/6/2017 at 6:50 PM

So how many badges were sold?

Posted by divachelle jm.spellslinger 7 years agoon 7/6/2017 at 7:00 PM

jm.spellslinger wrote:Ill be there too, taking photos to send all of my sad friends who are unable to attend due to badges selling out!
Are there really lots of people who missed out on 4-day badges? We always buy ours way early, so this is a foreign concept to me. I'm asking honestly, not being a jerk.

Posted by brumcg divachelle 7 years agoon 7/6/2017 at 7:06 PM

divachelle wrote:
Are there really lots of people who missed out on 4-day badges?

I'm not sure if they are buying 4-day badges, but there's always a healthy number of folks in line to buy badges on Wednesday and Thursday.   There are plenty of people more spontaneous than I am...

Posted by brumcg rutherfordr 7 years agoon 7/6/2017 at 7:07 PM

rutherfordr wrote:
So how many badges were sold?

It hasn't been announced.  I'm hoping it will be.

Posted by ronin357 7 years agoon 7/6/2017 at 7:12 PM

Congrats gencon!

Posted by roganca 7 years agoon 7/6/2017 at 7:13 PM

worst BADGE CAP Ever!

Just kidding. Congrats Gen Con.

Posted by trace_sl 7 years agoon 7/6/2017 at 7:15 PM

You know, I really do hope the cap is due to building code, I would hate to think it was because they did not buy enough 4-day badges :)

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