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Feb. 1st-3rd 2013
Pearkes Arena
3100 Tillicum Rd. Victoria, BC
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GottaCon 2013

Welcome to the fifth annual GottaCon Gaming Convention held February 1 – 3, 2013 at Pearkes Recreation Centre in the Field House Room (24,000 Sqft). GottaCon will run 24hrs a day starting at 5pm Friday and will continue with non-stop gaming until 7pm Sunday night. GottaCon will have all you need to survive such an adventure; contests, tournaments, exhibitors, demonstrations, discussion panels, food, drinks, entertainment and of course all types of games.

This year we will be introducing a limit on the number of full weekend passes available each day as well as a limit on the number of day passes available. Our ability to grow at our current location will most likely be pushed to the limit in 2013 and we are currently exploring location options for 2014 and beyond.

We will be taking a number of steps to address the Friday night line up issue we experienced this year. One of the steps will be introducing will call starting at noon Friday afternoon. We are also looking at ticket purchasing and preregistration infrastructure as well.

POINTS OF INTEREST

  • GottaCon 2012 a huge success with approximately 1500 attendees (33.6% increase over last year).
  • Record attendance levels for Warhammer/Warmachine (138 players) and Magic the Gathering Events (134 players)
  • Board games and board game library a huge success.
  • Tons of pictures available on our Facebook group site.
  • 2013 will see an increase in LAN BYOC seating.

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    GottaCon 2012 Wrap-up

    GottaCon 2012 saw more than a 33% growth from last year, with more than 1500 people coming through the doors. There were fantastic Exhibitors, record numbers of events and more sponsors, which meant more fun, prizes and giveaways. Successes: – Huge increase in attendance – Our volunteer team of over 50 “Wardens” did a fantastic [...]

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    GottaCon 2012 a Huge Success

    Just a quick announcement to send a huge THANK YOU to everyone that came out and made GottaCon 2012 a huge success!! We really appreciate everyone for having patience with us while we struggled with our growing pains Friday night. Rest assured we will take steps to resolve these issues in 2013. Fun Facts: – [...]

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    GottaCon 2012 is in ONE DAY!!

    GottaCon 2012 is one day away, starting at 5pm on February 3rd, 2012 which will bring 50 straight hours of non-stop gaming goodness. Whether you like video games, trading card games, role playing games, miniatures, or board games we will have something for you. GottaCon also features a variety of exhibitors, discussion panels, face painting, [...]

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    GottaCon 2012 Program Released

    Fresh off the virtual press, please find the GottaCon 2012 Program at the link below. If you use smart phones save it so it is always with you It is almost 7mb in size so give it a minute to download. In it you will find the Gamer Zodiac in full detail. We look forward [...]

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