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>> >>BETH ACCOMANDO: GAME CON WAS A DESIRE TO BRING THEATER TO GEEKS, AND GEEKS TO THEATER.
>> >>: I CAN'T BELIEVE NO ONE'S EVER THOUGHT IT BEFORE.
A RAID IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON WHILE HALF THE PLAYERS ARE AT WORK AND THE OTHER
HALF AT SCHOOL. >> >>BETH ACCOMANDO: THEY WANTED TO STAGE
A PLAY AT COMICCON, BUT THERE WASN'T A PLACE FOR LIVE THEATER.
THAT'S WHERE 10 LGT AVENUE THEATER STEPPED IN.
>> >>: WE HAD A CHANCE TO BORROW THE TENTH AVENUE THEATER.
JEFF WHO OWNS IT, BRIAN HAD MET HIM AND SAID MY THEATER'S EMPTY, WHY DON'T YOU DO IT HERE.
>> >>BETH ACCOMANDO: THATS THAT WAS FOUR YEARS AGO.
IT SERVED UP FOUR FLOORS OF GAMING ACTIVITY AND ART.
>> >>: ON THE FIRST FLOOR THEY FIND A VIDEO GAME ARENA, TWENTY 28 CONSOLES AND FOUR PC'S
SO PEOPLE CAN PLAY IN A TOURNAMENT AND ALSO AT THE CONVENTION.
MOVING UP WE HAVE OUR TABLE TOP LOUNGE, WHICH HAS ROLE PLAYING GAMES, CARD GAMES, RETROCADE,
EVERYTHING FROM ATARI, UP THROUGH ORIGINAL NINTENDO, TO THE LAST TO COME UP.
UP FROM THERE IS THE GEEK THEATER, UP FROM THERE THE GAMING ART EXHIBIT, AND UP FROM
THERE, THE ROOF WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF SAN DIEGO.
WE HAVE EVENTS EVERY NIGHT, RANGING FROM LIVE MUSIC TO COMEDIANS.
>> >>BETH ACCOMANDO: GAMER CON PRIDES ITSELF ON BEING SMALL, INTIMATE AND STILL WITH BREATHING
SPACE. IT RUNS SIMULTANEOUS TO COMICCON JULY 18
TO 21, THE GAMES ROOM IS OPEN FROM 2:00 P.M. TO 2:00 A.M. AT THE TENTH AVENUE THEATER.
A TICKET IS 50DOLLARS.