PAX East to stay in Boston through 2023

February 15, 2012 1:46PM PST

Massachusetts Convention Center Authority inks deal with PAX organizers to bring east coast gaming convention to Beantown for at least 10 more years.

PAX East isn't leaving Boston anytime soon. The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCAA) today announced that it had signed a deal with PAX organizers to keep the show in Beantown through 2023.

I choose you, Boston!

The previous contract was set to expire after the 2012 show, which will be held April 6-8. PAX organizers said they are hoping to grow attendance for the three-day show size to 100,000, making it one of the biggest gaming gatherings in the business.

As part of the new deal, PAX East organizers have agreed to donate $25,000 per year to the Massachusetts Digital Games Institute (MassDigi), an endeavor launched last year by lieutenant governor Timothy Murray to promote a dialogue between academia and the gaming industry.

By Eddie Makuch, News Editor

Eddie Makuch (Mack-ooh) is a News Editor at GameSpot. He works out of the company's Boston office in Somerville, Mass., and loves extra chunky peanut butter.

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Pineapple_Head

There's PAX and PAX East. It would be nice if there was a PAX Midwest or PAX Central. There's no gaming convention in the Midwest from what I know of.

shadowreap9

i'll be 31 by that time

Avenger1324

Give the rate at which technology changes that seems a very long contract to commit to. In all likelihood we will be 2-3 gens of hardware further on for main consoles, and no-one can do better than guess what those might be.

Centurion95

Someone plug that Pikachu into the power grid...

Riadon

Yes!!! This is awesome, staying in New England or rather just an hour a way. It belongs here , Thank you Penny Arcade

theKSMM

I have never been to PAX (East or West) but I wish more big tech / gaming conferences would consider holding their events outside the typical four-city circuit of NYC, L.A., San Francisco, and Las Vegas.

EPaul

How forward thinking of them

SLjimbolian

Good god, I know PAX East is a fun expo, but 11 years is kind of excessive. I don't see it becoming the next E3 or San Diego Comic Con in the long run.

Evenios

10 more years!

Warhawk613

Sweet right up my alley, but that's college finals week for me. T_T

NeverMore0

Guess I won't be going to it until at least 2024.

hyksiu

And I'll be 32. But that doesn't matter.

lanmanna

Wow. I'll be 30 years old. O_O

SolidSnakeUS42

That gets you to think... what the hell kind of games will we even have by then?

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