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Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast

#1191: MagicCon: Las Vegas 2024

Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast

Wizards of the Coast

Duels Of The Planeswalkers, Games, Magic The Gathering, Leisure, Game Design, Mtg, Ccg, Mark Rosewater

4.8743 Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

I went to MagicCon: Las Vegas and have many stories to tell. This podcast tells those stories.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm pulling away from the curb because I've got my son off at school.

0:04.6

We all know what that means.

0:06.4

It's time for their drive to work.

0:09.1

Okay, so I just got back from Las Vegas.

0:12.4

So today is all about MagicCon, Las Vegas.

0:16.6

Okay, so first, and MagicCon, Las Vegas, 2004, because there's been a bunch of them.

0:22.3

So, real quickly, a little recap of MagiConn's.

0:24.8

The idea of a convention dedicated to just magic is something we've been talking about, I mean, for decades.

0:31.9

But previous incarnation was what we call Grand Prix.

0:35.2

Grand Prix were built around a singular tournament,

0:37.9

and there would be events also there,

0:40.0

and so it was kind of the death of the precursor.

0:43.4

But finally, two years ago, what we called Magic 30,

0:47.3

we did our first MagicCon in Las Vegas.

0:50.3

We didn't quite have the venue we wanted,

0:52.0

it was a little smaller, had some issues.

0:54.4

But then following next year, we then had four magicons.

0:58.6

One in Philadelphia, one in Minneapolis, one in Barcelona, one in Las Vegas.

1:04.6

And then this year, we have had one in Chicago, one in Amsterdam, and then one in Las Vegas.

1:11.9

Every year we've been to Las Vegas.

1:13.7

It's just a good spot, and people like it.

1:16.8

So if you want to hear more, Magic 30, I was there, I did a podcast.

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