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PAX East organizers sign on for three more years
Did things feel a little crowded at PAX East this year? Organizers chose the Hynes Convention Center over the larger Boston Convention Center due to its superior location (and possibly because they were testing the waters for the first year), and the roughly 60,000 attendees were left with not much elbow room. That won't be an issue next year. Or the next one, or the one after that. The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority has signed an agreement with the PAX organizers to bring PAX East back for three years. Even better, they'll be setting up shop at the roomier Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. "We're thrilled to host PAX through 2013, and we can't wait to welcome the show to the BCEC in 2011," said Convention Center Authority Executive Director James E. Rooney. You can check out the full story in the Boston Globe.
Inaugural PAX East has 52,290 attendees, returns to Boston next March
Although initial predictions for PAX East attendance planned for the show to be bigger than PAX in Seattle, the final count came in at 52,290 -- still, a respectable start for the annual East Coast geek-a-palooza. Event organizers aren't ready to set dates, but have confirmed that the show will return in March of 2011 to the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. If you missed any of our coverage, and there was a lot of it, check it out here: PAX East 2010. %Gallery-89141%
