PAX (event)
| PAX | |
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| Status | Active |
| Genre | Gaming (video game, tabletop, CCG, role-playing) |
| Venue |
Washington State Convention Center and Benaroya Hall (PAX West, PAX Dev) Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (PAX East) Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (PAX Australia) Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center (PAX South) |
| Location(s) |
Seattle, Washington (PAX West, PAX Dev) |
| Country |
United States (PAX West, PAX Dev, PAX East, PAX South) Australia (PAX Australia) |
| Inaugurated | August 28, 2004 (as Penny Arcade Expo) (PAX West) September 3, 2010 (PAX East) August 26, 2011 (PAX Dev) August 30, 2013 (PAX Australia) August 28, 2015 (PAX South) |
| Attendance | 70,000+ (2011, PAX Prime) |
| Organized by | Penny Arcade, Reed Exhibitions |
| Website | |
| www.paxsite.com | |
Seattle, Washington (PAX West, PAX Dev)
Boston, Massachusetts (PAX East)
Melbourne, Victoria (PAX Australia)
PAX (originally known as Penny Arcade Expo) is a series of gaming festivals held in Seattle, Boston, Melbourne, and San Antonio. PAX was created by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik, the authors of the Penny Arcade webcomic, because they wanted to attend a show exclusively for gaming.
Created in 2004, PAX has been hailed as a celebration of gamer culture. Defining characteristics of the festival include an opening keynote speech from an industry insider, game-culture inspired concerts, panels on game topics, exhibitor booths from independent and major game developers and publishers, a LAN party, tabletop game tournaments, and video game freeplay areas. Every PAX also features the Omegathon, a festival long tournament consisting of a group of randomly selected attendees competing for a grand prize. The final round of the Omegathon makes up the closing ceremony of PAX. Past games for the final round have included Tetris, Pong, Halo 3, and Skee ball.
The first PAX, known at the time as the Penny Arcade Expo, was held on August 28–29, 2004, in Bellevue, Washington, at the Meydenbauer Center, and was attended by approximately 3,300 people. The event was held annually in August, at the same venue, for the next two years. Attendance grew rapidly, with over 9,000 attendees in 2005, and over 19,000 in 2006.
By 2007, the event had outgrown its previous venue, and moved to the Washington State Convention and Trade Center, which was twice the size. Attendance in 2007 was counted at 39,000. In 2008, attendance grew to 58,500, and in 2009, it grew to 60,750.
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