Portland Retrogaming Expo 2011

[swlovinist]

2011 Portland Retro Gaming Expo Announced

The 2011 Portland Retro Gaming Expo will be held on the weekend of September 24-25, 2011 at the Doubletree Hotel in Portland, Oregon!
What's different from last year?

Our 6th annual show will enjoy the following enhancements:

* Different weekend. For the past two years we have held the PRGE on the third weekend of September. In 2011 we have moved it out one week so as not to coincide with other events in town (like the awesome Portland Pirate Festival) and to move to a new venue that was available on that weekend.

* New venue. The 2011 PRGE will be held in the Exhibit Hall of the Portland Doubletree Hotel located in Portland's Lloyd District. The Doubletree is located just steps from the Lloyd Center MAX Light Rail station and just across the street from Holladay Park.

* More space. While we enjoyed a strong relationship with the Portland Crowne Plaza, our show has simply outgrown their facilities. In 2010 we used over 8,500 square feet of floor space spread across two rooms at the Crowne Plaza. Our decision to move to the Exhibit Hall at the Doubletree gives us access to 17,000 square feet in one contiguous room.

* More games. In 2010 our Freeplay Arcade featured more consoles and full-size arcade cabinets than ever before. Due to the immense popularity of the arcade and tournaments we have allotted even more floor space for games in 2011. PRGE is currently working with some local arcade and pinball collector groups to help us secure even more game donations. Stay tuned for more details as we firm up these plans.

Check out our newly designed website www.retrogamingexpo.com

We encourage you to check back with this website often as we will constantly be updating with information on the show and classic gaming in general. Look for admissions and vendor rates to be posted soon.

A very special thank you to Recycled Gamer for all the hard work he has done with our new website redesign!

[DigitalSpace]

The first day of the show falls on my birthday. I'll be celebrating there!

[y-bot]

The first day of the show falls on my birthday. I'll be celebrating there!

For your birthday present I will give you 100% off on anything at Corey's booth

[coreys429]

For your birthday present I will give you 100% off on anything at Corey's booth

Thanks....Toby....Though let me know what Atari games your looking for and I'll see what I can do.

[loop006]

Really looking forward to the show this year!

[rick weis]

just started signing up Vendors and Sponsors, if anyone is interested please let me know..

Rick

[swlovinist]

Bump this thread. The PRGE team is working hard at making this years show the best yet! We just have 78 days left till our show, and we are filling up fast with videogame vendors, speakers, along with being in a bigger venue this year! Check out our site for more updates, http://retrogamingexpo.com

[mobiusclimber]

Well, me and my friends have our booth secured and it looks like it's going to be even more awesome than last year. So close to my birthday too!

[evg2000]

I'm looking forward to seeing you all again

[M.Buster2184]

I'm definately looking forward to this years expo. This will be my 4th year. My girlfriend and I love it.

[rick weis]

just a quick heads up, if anyone is wanting to be a vendor, we only have 1 booth left, and 5 vendors that I'm waiting to hear back from. we will be SOLD OUT of vendor space within the week (if not sooner).

Rick

[BobaFettHotep]

so excited for the show just cant wait iv been puting some flyers up at my work

[evg2000]

I can't wait either, as that means I will be done pricing stuff! I hope everything I'm bringing will fit in my truck, and in my booth!

see you at the show,
charles

[recycledgamer]

Just over 33 days until the Portland Expo!

We just posted a lot of new information on the website.

There is a list of speakers, a menu of systems in the arcade and the tournament list among other things.

We have already exceeded our previous record for online tickets sales by this time last year. Order soon if you would like to take advantage of the price break and the early admission. Our hotel room block is almost sold out as well, although other rooms are still available outside our block. It's going to be a big show this year.

Chuck
Portland Retro Gaming Expo

[coreys429]

I am going to be there as a vendor. I am going to have many rare and unusual items yet again. Last year I had the Adam computer, before that I was the NEO GEO guy with 2 of them. This year I am going to have rare games including Dracula X, Boxed NES stuff and a lot more. My auction items will include a few awesome stuff like the Crystal Xbox in box.

[mobiusclimber]

I'm actually a little bummed b/c I won't have many rare or unusual items. I got cleaned out at the Seattle con and haven't really stumbled across anything exciting lately. Oh well, I'll be the guy w/ the large assortment of Japanese stuff.

[swlovinist]

There is going to be some awesome stuff this year

[swlovinist]

link to our new promo video that fellow friend Chris Trimiew did for us. I would like to thank all who have supported our shows and look forward to seeing everyone at the show. Spread the word about our show!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm_fj0KIqT8

[swlovinist]

Major Updates:

Several famous speakers are coming to the show! Many Famous Programmers as well as others that will be there. David Crane and Gary Kitchen have been confirmed coming to the show and speaking now! This show is shaping up to be the best we have ever put on. Thanks to all who have helped us along the way!

link to all of our speakers:
http://www.retrogamingexpo.com/speakers.php

[swlovinist]

There will be a HUGE selection of games and systems spanning all generations of games from Pong to Xbox. Over 35 vendors this year, so there will be some great products

I will be releasing my Atari DVD Videogame Collector Guide at the show. I am doing a 25 copy limited edition DVD run. 2 disc DVD covering collecting tips for 2600,5200, 7800, 8-bit, Pong, Lynx, and Jaguar/CD. Approximate time running hour and half. The DVD is $10 and I will be running a special on all four of my volumes(6 DVDS)...all four for $25. For people that dont want to get all four, there is a buy two get one free for $20...

I welcome all folks to come to my booth and say hello, or find me running one of our awesome Tourneys.

Speaking of that...I have something special planned for the Madden Classic Tourney. It might be worth it to enter the tourney if you are a madden fan or sega collector...