DracIsBack Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Is this show now officially done? Was hoping to make it to one finally! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snider-man Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Is this show now officially done? They take one year off and you're driving coffin nails? I don't think you need to start hammering out an obit just yet. Anyway, word on the street has it that it'll be back in Vegas this year. If you're looking for an opinion, I believe The Plaza may very well see a return of the show. Usually the official announcements aren't made until Springtime anyway, so you still have a few months to wait for the official announcement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted December 31, 2008 Author Share Posted December 31, 2008 They take one year off and you're driving coffin nails? No one is driving coffin nails. I'm asking a question and nothing more. The reason I asked is: 1) They took a year off; and 2) The site makes no mention of a 2009 show either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mos6507 Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 2) The site makes no mention of a 2009 show either. They are very very bad about updating the website. Seems to get updated literally right before the show itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snider-man Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Well, it's not much confirmation, but I did find one small updated "hint" on the CGE Myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/cgexpo "Las Vegas, August 2009!" So there's that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjchamp3 Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 It will be here in Las Vegas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 I believe The Plaza may very well see a return of the show. Interesting, considering the Plaza told CGE to go pound sand for CGE2K8. I was kind of hoping the CGE crew would use this as a chance to pick a different hotel, I wasn't super impressed with the Plaza. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snider-man Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 I believe The Plaza may very well see a return of the show. Interesting, considering the Plaza told CGE to go pound sand for CGE2K8. I was kind of hoping the CGE crew would use this as a chance to pick a different hotel, I wasn't super impressed with the Plaza. That is interesting as I hadn't heard that. I heard that - by the time they got around to booking a place - the Plaza had already been booked for the usual August weekend. They just weren't available at that time and the CGE folks didn't want to push CGE back to October or whatever. Well, we'll see what transpires this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Pac Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 I personally wish someone would do one here in Chicago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 I personally wish someone would do one here in Chicago There's a great one in MIlwaukee in March Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 I personally wish someone would do one here in Chicago There's a great one in MIlwaukee in March yes. MGC is a great show,but if your looking for a small show just outside of Chicago VGS is what you looking for(shameless plug hehe) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 according the CGE myspace page: the show taking place in august of 2009 the reason why CGE didn't have plaza last year was because at the time the commodore expo was their.(same date and time) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 I'm actually going to try to make this one! I never went to one outside of a reasonable driving distance, but it would be nice to see Vegas again!. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 according the CGE myspace page: the show taking place in august of 2009the reason why CGE didn't have plaza last year was because at the time the commodore expo was their.(same date and time) According to the main website, the Plaza wasn't convinced the show would significantly increase their revenues, and the hotel staff didn't even bother to return a lot of the organizers' phone calls. I think there were a few other factors in cancelling CGE2K8 besides the Commodore show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 according the CGE myspace page: the show taking place in august of 2009the reason why CGE didn't have plaza last year was because at the time the commodore expo was their.(same date and time) According to the main website, the Plaza wasn't convinced the show would significantly increase their revenues, and the hotel staff didn't even bother to return a lot of the organizers' phone calls. I think there were a few other factors in cancelling CGE2K8 besides the Commodore show. your right my bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snider-man Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 I think there were a few other factors in cancelling CGE2K8 besides the Commodore show. Actually, I now recall that - after the location conflict surfaced - it was discussed that one of the organizers couldn't assist/be there for whatever new dates were being kicked around. So lack of available location (whatever the reason, whether date conflict or "don't want you back") plus unavailability of one of the organizers for any other dates equalled cancellation. But I'm fairly sure - 90% in fact - that there will be a CGE in 2009 and it will be in Vegas. Really the only question is location it seems. I just don't want it at the Riviera again. I prefer The Plaza, god help me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 I just don't want it at the Riviera again. I prefer The Plaza, god help me. (Emphasis mine.) Oops. My fault... I had said that I wasn't overly impressed with the Plaza, but I had meant the Riviera. It wasn't a bad experience, but I really didn't think I got a lot for the money. I've never stayed at the Plaza and don't want to bad-mouth them unfairly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 When I talked to Joe back in October he told me that he really wanted to do a show in 2009 and that he wanted to do it in Vegas. I asked him what the odds were that it would go through and he said something to the effect of "pretty good". So I would expect there to be a show this year in Vegas. Joe really sounded like he wanted to do a show this year, let's just hope the economy doesn't put a damper on that. Depending on the timing, I'll be there. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 heck with the Deuce bus system they have running in vegas(7.00(starting 1/11) for 24 hour bus pass) anyplace in vegas(strip or downtown) is fine for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snider-man Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Just to keep everyone posted: Unofficial word that there will not be a CGE 2K9 this year. There will be an update posted to www.cgexpo.com very soon apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApolloBoy Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Damn, I was really hoping it'd come around this year. I'm hoping I'll be able to go to the NWCGE this year instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 yeah I had my heart on going this year as well, at least I still I have MGC in march and my show VGS in July,but it's not the same(even though both are classic gaming shows,but once you went to CGE the feeling of the show can never be replaced) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schuwalker Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I personally wish someone would do one here in Chicago I second that!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 It figures; I finally was able to make one and it's canceled for this year too. The same thing happened to me with the Philly Classic. Maybe I should stop trying to go to them so they won't cancel them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I personally wish someone would do one here in Chicago I second that!!!! while it's not as big as CGE will ever be but most of us seem to forget about the Video Game Summit in july at lombard,IL and coming in afew months is MGC is WI, which is close to CGE style but not the same as CGE. No matter which show there is, Nothing can beat the experience of Classic Gaming Expo. Often imitated never duplicated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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