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E3 Expo Space Sells Out

Posted by Zonk on from the gonna-be-a-big-one dept.

Voodoo Extreme has the word that the E3 show space has already sold out in anticipation of what is likely to be a momentous expo, "...with a show floor the size of 2,700 city blocks, an unparalleled business conference program, and more than 400 exhibitors from 87 countries."

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  1. Harrumph by daeley · · Score: 4, Funny

    E3 Expo Space Sells Out

    Yeah, they used to be cool. You could just like, you know, hang out with the space. But then they sold out and got too big and like everybody was all, "Yeah I liked them when nobody like knew about them and stuff." Sucks.

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    1. Re:Harrumph by Jorkapp · · Score: 4, Funny

      Kind of reminds me of metallica. They sold out in 45 minutes.

      I wasn't talking about a concert, either.

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  2. 2700 city blocks? by Naikrovek · · Score: 2, Insightful

    .. like wow. especially since a city block is 1/10th of a mile on each side. that's 100 city blocks to a square mile, so 2.7 square miles?

    2.7 square miles? 2.7 square miles. i literally don't believe that.

    1. Re:2700 city blocks? by Alkaiser · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Literally? Not just figuratively or metaphorically not believing that?

      But you're right, that number is completely off. It's inside the L.A. Convention Center which boasts 770,000 square feet of exhbition space. They're off by a factor of 100, it's only .027 square miles (.0276, which would actually round to .028.)

      So, I guess this means when we get hype from the industry, we should divide by 100?

      Anyway, this is big news, in case you hadn't picked up from the implication, because they haven't sold out E3 for quite some time now. There have been huge empty exhibition areas there for the last 3 years.

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  3. Something Doesn't Jive by knight37 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    From the post (can't read the article right now):
    Voodoo Extreme has the word that the E3 show space has already sold out in anticipation of what is likely to be a momentous expo, "...with a show floor the size of 2,700 city blocks, an unparalleled business conference program, and more than 400 exhibitors from 87 countries."

    2,700 CITY BLOCKS?!

    That's wack. Most cities don't have 2,700 city blocks. and Besides that, if they have 400 exibitors, that would mean each exibit takes up an average of 6.75 city blocks! That's some frickin' HUGE exibits!

    I've been to E3 and it's big, but it ain't THAT big. :)

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    1. Re:Something Doesn't Jive by dtfinch · · Score: 3, Funny

      Probably 2.700 city blocks. In some countries they use "," instead of ".", in order to be misunderstood by the rest of the world.

  4. 2700 City Block? by Marc_Hawke · · Score: 3, Insightful

    540,000 sq ft translates into 2700 city blocks?

    That would mean each 'block' is 200 sq ft. Are these lilliputian cities?

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  5. Re:Redundant? by nacturation · · Score: 3, Funny

    E3 Expo...E3 stands for Electronic Entertainment Expo...doesn't the 2nd "Expo" seem a little redundant?

    Ah, but here's something that'll bake your noodle. Is the G in GNU redundant?

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  6. E3 is great by Mike+Hawk · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Paid day off to get drunk and wander around downtown LA topped off with a party with free booze at the company's expense a few blocks away later that evening. I guess they have some video games too or something.

  7. you've got to be kidding me... by aendeuryu · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...with a show floor the size of 2,700 city blocks...

    Well, I for one welcome our colossal, city-eating trade shows.