This weekend’s Grand Prix Las Vegas, organized by Cascade Games, will be the largest Magic: The Gathering event in history, according to Wizards of the Coast. Participation has been capped at 4500 after projections showed that it was likely that nearly 7000 people would register, and Cascade says it "just can’t serve that many people." An effort is being made to run a draft-based event using Modern Master packs for those who can’t participate in the Grand Prix.
The current record for the most players in a TCG event is currently held by Konami’s 100th Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series event in Long Beach in March of 2012, which drew 4,364 people (see "Guinness Certifies largest TCG Event"). For the Grand Prix Las Vegas to break the official record, not only will it have to draw more people (which sounds like a close thing, given the cap at 4,500), it will also have to have the attendance certified by Guinness as the new record. Fun to watch.
At 4500
Posted by ICv2 on June 21, 2013 @ 12:50 am CT
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