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Total Attendance?

proXimityproXimity Registered User regular
edited August 2007 in PAX Archive
Does anybody have any figures on the total attendace this year?

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  • EskimoAznEskimoAzn Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Enough people to remind me of a trip to the downtown shopping area in South Korea.

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  • josh shadowfaxjosh shadowfax Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I've heard 30,000.

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  • romulusnrromulusnr Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    josh shadowfax wrote: »
    I've heard 30,000.

    I believe that was the projected number. I'm sort of wondering if it went considerably beyond that, considering the way some things ran out. Like one-day badges and t-shirts.

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  • Xenocide GeekXenocide Geek Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    sure felt small because of the accommodations, though.

    but when you were standing in line that first day, whoa. there was like three warehouses full of people in line. that was pretty crazy.

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  • Moe FwackyMoe Fwacky Right Here, Right Now Drives a BuickModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited August 2007
    I heard that they broke 40k.

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  • EskimoAznEskimoAzn Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    The first-day line-up was pretty funny. When I got there, we were practically running down the aisles. I was tired before I even got into the Exhibition Hall.

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  • EarleyEarley juicyjones Seattle WARegistered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Well I know for a fact because my brother was too stupid to pre-register in time that they ran out of passes and pass holders at the registration and checkin line at one point. Epic.

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  • proXimityproXimity Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    At least they weren't denying people entrance... and there were plenty of WiC lanyards.

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  • FunkyWaltDoggFunkyWaltDogg Columbia, SCRegistered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Moe_Fwacky wrote: »
    I heard that they broke 40k.

    I heard this as well. A buddy of mine was an Enforcer, and he overheard that they had printed 40,000 badges, but still ran out and ended up issuing wristbands on Sunday.

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  • whypick1whypick1 PAX [E] Info Booth Manager ~2' from an LCDRegistered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I can believe it. A friend of mine got a Saturday pass and hers was printed on the back of those free Precipice t-shirt badges from last year because they ran out of blanks. She thought she won something until she went to the Enforcer booth (and at that exact moment I realized why that badge looked so familiar). Thanks to what I'm guessing were feminine charms, she got a free t-shirt from the prize redemption table anyway.

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  • AccalonAccalon Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I overheard a mark of 42k from an enforcer I believe, but I can't remember exactly who at the moment.

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  • b0wserb0wser PAX HHL Deputy Manager CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I'm pointing to the 40-45k region, since we were so completely out of badges. With 22,000 pre-registers, I could see the 3-day & daily lineups bringing another 20k.

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  • delrolanddelroland Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Moe_Fwacky wrote: »
    I heard that they broke 40k.

    What?! NO!! What about my Space Marines?!?!

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  • Darkblade_1Darkblade_1 __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2007
    delroland wrote: »
    Moe_Fwacky wrote: »
    I heard that they broke 40k.

    What?! NO!! What about my Space Marines?!?!

    :^: This post.

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  • HounHoun Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    delroland wrote: »
    Moe_Fwacky wrote: »
    I heard that they broke 40k.

    What?! NO!! What about my Space Marines?!?!

    *ba-dum-CHEE!*

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  • DondumsDondums Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    proXimity wrote: »
    Does anybody have any figures on the total attendace this year?
    OVER 9000!!!!!

    Sorry. What sucks is that with these 40k+ numbers, I wonder how many were actually able to see the Omegathon final round.

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  • skarsolskarsol Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Dondums wrote: »
    Sorry. What sucks is that with these 40k+ numbers, I wonder how many were actually able to see the Omegathon final round.
    Anyone who bothered to walk in the door. I was at the absolute back of the room (showed up 20 min or so after the ginormous line went in) and could see both screens as well as plenty of pockets of space if people actually cared.

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  • Moe FwackyMoe Fwacky Right Here, Right Now Drives a BuickModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited August 2007
    Yeah, visibility in the theater was cool, although an inclined floor, although not possible there, would make things better.

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  • ArcheiousArcheious Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I don't know if it is the official number but I heard 37,400 thrown around a lot at the after party.

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  • PhanmanPhanman Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    It got a little crowded on Saturday afternoon around the place, but not uncomfortably so.

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  • DeviousPorkinsDeviousPorkins Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    37300 seems to be the tentative number.

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  • ArcheiousArcheious Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    The official number being release to the press is 37,400 people. That is a turnstile count (so a 3 day badge counts as 3 people and 1 day badge counts as 1). This is how all conventions are measured.

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  • bombardierbombardier Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited August 2007
    Guys I contacted the Convention Center officials and got a concrete exact number of attendees:
    A lot.

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