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Gen Con Hotel Sign-Up Goes Smoothly
Haaldaar and I successfully secured our room for Gen Con 2009 at the Marriott. A bit more expensive than some of the other hotels, but I like Marriots and it was nearly on top of the vendor area. Two items of note: Haaldaar got a bad sign-up link that pointed to the 2008 registration site. [...]
Gen Con Registration Starts 2-15–Hotel Registration on 2-17
I am buried at work and blogging is correspondingly light, but a looming deadline roused me to post. Gen Con registration opens this Sunday (2-15-09) for badge purchases. Gen Con is still months away, but an early badge purchase is critical to access the hotel reservation system that goes live on Tuesday (2-17-09) at 12:00 [...]
Gen Con Chapter 11 Reorganization Plan Approved–Gen Con Acquisition Group Unsuccessful
The headline pretty much sums up today’s events. The judge signed an order that approved the December 4, 2008 Chapter 11 reorganization plan for Gen Con LLC. You can read the Gen Con Chapter 11 reorganization order for yourself, but it is not very exciting. The bottom line is that Gen Con survived the various [...]
Gen Con Acquisition Group Makes Another Try for Gen Con–Objection Filed by Peter Adkison
The drama with Gen Con continues! Here is the short version; the mysterious “Gen Con Acquisition Group” is making a substantially larger offer on Gen Con (about 3.8 million) for all of Gen Con’s holdings and debt. To add some spice to their offer, the “Gen Con Acquisition Group” purchased some of Gen Con’s outstanding [...]
Gen Con Acquisition Group Revealed
ICv2 is reporting that Anthony Gallela, the soon to be replaced head of GAMA, the Game Manufacturers Association, is behind the mysterious “Gen Con Acquisition Group.” There is still no information on who is actually putting up the money. The article is essentially a point-for-point rebuttal to Adrian Swartout’s rejection letter. Personally, I think it [...]
Gen Con Make-A-Wish Charity Auction Debt Paid
I reported last week that the Gen Con bankruptcy judge placed a high-priority on paying the $150,000.00 debt owed to the Make-A-wish foundation from a Star Wars charity auction. The Judge signed the order on Friday and I asked Gen Con for an official comment on this issue and an estimate when the charity would [...]
Gen Con Purchase Offer Rejected!
Gen Con just sent me their official response to the “Letter of Intent” purchase offer and it looks like it was rejected. Rather than muddy the waters with my own comments, here is the complete text of Adrian Swartout’s (President of Gen Con LLC) press release. Trask Many of you have heard speculation about a [...]
Gen Con Update: Make-A-Wish Foundation Debt May Resolve This Week
Gen Con’s outstanding debt to the “Make-A-Wish” foundation of approximately $150,000.00 was, in my opinion, the most disturbing part of the bankruptcy filing. However, recent court documents indicate a resolution to this unfortunate problem may be in sight. The court, acting sua sponte, ordered “…immediate disbursement to Make-a-Wish Foundation of $148,562.13,….” The order is not [...]
Gen Con For Sale? A Purchase Offer is Pending!
A “Letter of Intent for the Purchase of the Assets of Gen Con LLC Chapter 11” was filed on 11-20-2008 with the bankruptcy court. The “Letter of Intent” is a summary of the terms and conditions of a potential Gen Con purchase by the “Gen Con Acquisition Group.” I summarized the highlights below and have [...]