March 14, 2018 – We’re pleased to announce pre-registration details for QuakeCon 2017, taking place Thursday, August 24 – Sunday, August 27th at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, TX, just outside of Dallas! We will once again be offering a number of premium BYOC packages for purchase through the show’s online pre-registration site, registration.quakecon.org.
BYOC packages will open in a series of three stages followed by pre-registration for general attendees. Full descriptions for each of the limited BYOC packages, and the dates they will become available are below.
Please note: Exhibitor and media registration is slated to open March 23.
PREMIUM BYOC PACKAGES | DESCRIPTIONS & AVAILABILITY
Thursday, March 30th at 7pm CT/8pm ET
Round 1 | BYOC Select-a-Seat with UAC Executive VIP Experience
$400 (Limit of 32 packages available)
- Select and reserve a guaranteed seat of your choice in the BYOC
- VIP seating upgrade
- Personalized, engraved, illuminated QuakeCon 2017 UAC badge and lanyard
- Express lane fast-pass registration for the BYOC
- Express lane fast-pass to every presentation and public event at QuakeCon
- Limited reserved access seating for all presentationsand events
- New for 2017! Membership in our QuakeCon UAC Acolyte program, which includes access to register for next year’s UAC experience before open online registration begins
- New for 2017! Access to new UAC Executive Lounge in the heart of the QuakeCon BYOC, featuring meet-and-greet and signing events with developers.
- New for 2017! Upgrade a QuakeCon attendee registration to join as a +1 for all express-lane and limited access events.
Thursday, April 6th at 7pm CT/8pm ET
Round 2 | BYOC Select-a-Seat with QuakeCon Done Quick
$150 (Limit of 300 packages available)
- Select and reserve a guaranteed seat of your choice in the BYOC
- Official QuakeCon 2017 QdQ lanyard with BYOC badge
- Express lane fast-pass registration for the BYOC
- Express lane fast-pass to every presentation and public event at QuakeCon
- Limited reserved access seating for all presentations and events
Thursday, April 13th at 7pm CT/8pm ET
Round 3 | BYOC Select-a-Seat
$50 (Limited availability)
- Select and reserve a guaranteed seat of your choice in the BYOC
- Official QuakeCon 2017 lanyard and BYOC badge
- Access to presentations and events
- New for 2017! Access to the new and extensive BYOC competition programming with more details to come
Thursday, March 24th at 7pm CT/8pm ET
Round 4 | General Attendee Pre-Registration
FREE (Unlimited)
- QuakeCon 2017 wristband
- Accelerated on-site registration
- Access to presentations and events
While general attendance remains free, attendees wishing to participate in the QuakeCon 2017 BYOC must pre-purchase one of the ‘BYOC Select-a-Seat’ packages through our online registration site to guarantee a spot in the BYOC. As ‘BYOC Select-a-Seat’ packages are limited and all seats will be accounted for prior to the show, we won’t have seats available on-site or on a first-come-first serve basis.
About QuakeCon
QuakeCon is an annual celebration of games and the people who play them. Founded in 1996 by a group of friends on IRC, QuakeCon has grown to become one of the most distinguished festivals in gaming, welcoming thousands of gamers from around the globe to participate in the annual four-day event. QuakeCon features North America’s largest BYOC (Bring-Your-Own-Computer) LAN Party, tournaments, exhibits, workshops, sneak peeks of Bethesda’s upcoming games, and more. QuakeCon is free and open to the public thanks to the support of id Software, Bethesda Softworks, the QuakeCon volunteer staff, and its event sponsors and exhibitors.
QuakeCon 2017 will take place the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center Thursday, August 24th – Sunday, August 27th. For more information visit: www.quakecon.org.
