Sold Out PAX East Gaming Expo Opens In Boston

By Anthony Silva, WBZ NewsRadio 1030 New England Business Editor

April 6, 2012 6:56 PM

Reporting Anthony Silva

Filed under

Business, Heard On WBZ NewsRadio 1030, Local, News, Seen On WBZ-TV, Syndicated Local, Watch + Listen

Featured Content

Best Steakhouses In Boston

Fenway Adventure

Best Flowers For Your Garden

Contests & Promotions

BOSTON (CBS) – The sold-out PAX East video game conference is underway at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. Many of the attendees dress up like the characters of their favorite games.

From the floor of the convention, Ethan Baird of MMO Champion described the scene for WBZ NewsRadio.

WBZ NewsRadio 1030′s Anthony Silva reports

About 150 companies are exhibiting at PAX East, with two dozen of those companies from Massachusetts.

Attendees come from all over the world.

PAX, which stands for Penny Arcade Expo, was founded in Seattle in 2004 and expanded into Boston in 2010.

The Executive Director of the Convention Center says PAX East has signed a contract to keep the annual show in Boston through 2023. Organizers of the show want to grow attendance to 100,000, making PAX East the largest video gaming event in the world.

Sold Out PAX East Gaming Expo Opens In Boston

http://kdruaratumass.wordpress.com/2012/04/07/pax-east-fans-dress-to-impress-video-does-not/ PAX EAST: Fans Dress to Impress, Video Does Not « Kadyrose Druar at UMass

[...] CBS Boston [...]
http://the-void.co.uk/games/pax-east-2012-just-have-fun-first-time-attending-290/ PAX East 2012 | Just Have Fun | the-void.co.uk

[...] people made at least one person’s day very unhappy. But that person wasn’t me. According to a CBS report, PAX will be coming to Boston until 2023. I know I’ll be there again, and I hope that you are [...]