Nope, E3 Isn’t Leaving Los Angeles

UPDATE: Seems like all of E3 will still be contained in one place, so freaking out about having to drive all around Los Angeles appears to be preamture. But I like freaking out.

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I’d been crossing my fingers E3 might move to Chicago the next few years, but that’s not to be.

Despite some rumors Los Angeles’ plans for a football stadium would push E3 elsewhere, all parties involved have come to an agreement that will keep E3 in the same place through 2015.

Los Angeles still doesn’t have a football team yet, of course.

According to the press release, the city of Los Angeles will plan construction around E3, and have apparently taken note of design suggestions for the impending changes. It also means we'll be shuttling through endless venues (currently being pitched as a "plus"), which will no doubt make E3 a huge logistical pain!

The dates for E3 2013 (can’t believe I typed that) are June 11-13.

Not a surprise. LA gets a ton of these expos. I always hear about E3 moving or slimming down, but it tends to stay the same.

Isn't E3 next year going to be split up around LA?

Fuck me I want to eat that pizza.

So does that mean the "Coming Up On" thing will have the date for the first E3 Bomb Casts soon?

thanks, now I'm terribly hungry.

Thin crust pizza is where it's at anyway.

What a pain, how will you survive that 3-4 day trip?

that pizza is making me shutter with hunger.

Hey Patrick, I did the math: E3 is in ten and a half months!

Goddammit I miss true deep dish so much...

Start booking your E3 podcasting crack house now, before all the good crack houses are claimed!

They should hold E3 at the south pole.

Long time reader, first time commenter. I logged in just to say that pizza looks delicious....

Strangely enough i've just come back from eating pizza, and this is the first article I read.

Had some Giordano's when I was in Florida for vacation a few weeks back. Man, that was some good pizza.

almost e3 again :D

Gosh dang it, Patrick, I'm trying to start a diet...but deep dish pizza..........mmmmmm....

that pizza looks gross.

Great, I gotta go eat pizza now. Hate you, Patrick.

Anyone else sort of upset that Vinny hasn't put E3 2013 on the "Coming Soon" part of the homepage yet?

It would have been awesome in Chicago or something. I mean that city is more than large enough to handle it.

Patrick, Jeff and Ryan are right about Old Chicago in Petaluma and you've done a great job of making me hungry for it.

I don't know what other city might be great for E3. Vegas seems like a logical pick for conventions.

I was really hoping it would move somewhere different. And at least you guys can eat Portillos.

I could go for DDP right about now.

That is not a Pizza. It is Lasagna in a bread bowl.

Drat! I would have loved to see E3 at McCormick Place or somethign.

bring E3 to the UK

I'm still amazed that E3 isn't in the San Francisco bay area, it's the mecca for game development in the U.S.

god dang it. I was so hoping it would be in chicago so I could finally come.

Damn I was hoping for it to come here to Chicago. Would have been awesome to go to next summer. Oh well.

Well what are we waiting for, the coming soon panel on the home page needs to be updated with June 11: E3 Podcast Day 1

LA has a football team, Los Angeles Galaxy.

Thanks @patrickklepek, now I want deep dish pizza. :(

@patrickklepek Wow thanks for the update man, but unfortunately you spelled preamture wrong. Yuck.

Anyone else sort of upset that Vinny hasn't put E3 2013 on the "Coming Soon" part of the homepage yet?

Thin Crust > Deep Dish

That pizza looks amazing.

@Brendan said:

Thin crust pizza is where it's at anyway.

Represent!

NY-style > all

Couldn't have picked a more perfect looking DDP

I could really go for some pizza now.

Too bad no national chains sell actual deep dish pizza. I'll probably live my whole life without ever getting to try one. It is the only type of pizza that deserves the 'pie' moniker. If you're the type that calls thin crust pizzas 'pies', you should be shot.

Dat pizza.

Booking my tickets to Chicago, now.

This is one of the first years in a while where I will not be receiving e3 game announcements as a birthday present.

There's always Korean BBQ.

Ah Patrick, there's nothing like a good freakout every once in a while.

Enjoy it - Own it.

Any chance it ever goes back to Atlanta...?

I would say that the date of e3 being set should be the headline. e3's location is only relevant to people in the games industry, this is one of those stories that it's kind of weird to see pop up on every site considering 98% of the people who read it cannot attend the conference.

Premature. There, I said it.

OMG, I would flipped my shit if it came to Chicago. I would of faked my way in every way possible. Now all my excitement is for not. Btw, that pizza looks like Gino's East.