There was more than 20 YakYakers at the last event, and hopefully our more central/accessible location will make it possible for you guys to have an even bigger meetup at this year's show?"BIG NEWS! We can finally announce the dates, location and new name for our main expo in 2012. We are very pleased to reveal that the show formerly known as Replay will now be called Play Expo.
Play Expo will take place on 13/14 October 2012 at EventCity in Manchester, which is right next door to the immensely popular Trafford Centre.
Whilst we are of course sad to move away from Blackpool, we have outgrown our previous venue and simply couldn't find a suitable nearby alternative that was available during our required timeframe.
EventCity was chosen as it has the space, access and facilities that we need, whilst also offering a number of benefits to attendees such as a more central location, good rail and motorway links and up to 3000 free car parking spaces (with plenty more available within the Trafford Centre itself). The new venue also gives us lots more space for more games, consoles, computers, arcade and pinball machines, tournaments, entertainment and plenty of other features.
The Play Expo website will launch in the next few weeks and as always, subscribers to the Replay Gamer newsletter will be the first to know when tickets are available.
We are also giving you the opportunity to provide input into the show by taking some time to answer our questionnaire. Everyone who participates will be entered into our draw for a pair of Play Expo tickets and an exclusive brochure from the recent BAFTA Video Games Awards!"
Word of advice: anyone needing overnight accommodation should consider getting yourself booked into http://www.premierinn.com/en/hotel/MANT ... entre-west pronto - because as word starts to spread about the new venue, hotel prices at this (and others in the vicinity) will keep on going up as more and more people book.
--Dave
. Would have been good to meet some more of yous as I only spoke with subzero last year.
