2019 GME CONFERENCE

2019 CONFERENCE VENDOR KICK-OFF

2019 GME CONFERENCE LOCATION

• Music City Center, Nashville TN

• Omni Nashville – Field Leader Meetings

2019 CONFERENCE DATES

• Friday, August 23rd: Double Vendor Training Room Move-in Only

• Saturday, August 24th: Field Leadership Attendees Arrive, Field Leadership Reception & VTR Move-in

• Sunday, August 25th: Store Leader Arrivals, Festival on 5th (Arrival Party), Vendor Expo Move-in, VTR Move-in & General Session Vendor Tech Rehearsals

• Monday, August 26th: General Session Presentations, Vendor Training Rooms, Expo Move-in & Nashville by Night

• Tuesday, August 27th: General Session Presentations, Vendor Training Rooms, Expo Move-in & Vendor Reception

• Wednesday, August 28th: All Day Expo, General Session Presentations, Corporate Training

• Thursday, August 29th: Vendor Post-Mortem Meeting & Departures

• MCC

• Omni Nashville

• JW

• Westin

• AC Hotel

• Residence Inn

• Springhill Suites

• Hilton Garden Inn

• Hyatt

• Hilton Hotel

• Renaissance

• Holiday Inn

• Sheraton

• Courtyard

• Hermitage Hotel

• Indigo Hotel

• DoubleTree

2019 GME CONFERENCE CAMPUS

MCCLEVEL 1VTR’S4 DOUBLE’S4 SINGLE’S

MCCLEVEL 1M

VTR’S2 DOUBLE’S

MCCLEVEL 2VTR’S4 DOUBLE’S

SENSORY LOUNGE

MCCLEVEL 3

HALLS AB: CAFÉHALLS CD: EXPO

MCCLEVEL 4

GENERAL SESSION

2019 NEW ELEMENTS

• Nashville by Night• Kid Rock• Luke Bryan 32 Bridge• Jason Aldean’s Rooftop

Kitchen & Bar• Wanna B’s• Tequila Cowboy

• https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=RwfCa3W1wgA

• All Day Expo

• SWA Flight Discount

• Vendor Registration Updates

2019 ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES – NO FEE

Festival on 5th

• Sunday, August 25th – arrival party

• GameStop Covering

• Food & Drinks

• DJ

• Photo Ops

nashXnight• Monday, August 26th: Dinner

• GameStop Covering

• Buyout of 5 locations

• Food & Non-Alcoholic Drinks

• Executive & Prestige Extreme Bars Only

2019 PARTNERSHIP KITVENDOR WEBSITE: PARTNERSHIP PAGE

REMEMBER: IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA / VISION THAT IS NOT IN THE PARTNERSHIP KIT, LET SAM KNOW…WE LOVE WORKING WITH YOU TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX!

2019 NEW PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

• Festival on 5th

• nashXnight

• Expo Booth App Surveys (no fee)

• Digital Dormers

• 4 Hotel Room Keys

• 4 General Session Chair Covers

• Glass Rail Clings

• Rocking Chair Wraps

• 9 Panel Clings

• 13 Column Clings

• 37 Banners

• 5 Window Clings

• 25 Full Page Show Guide Ads

• 12 Half Page Show Guide Ads

• 10 Show Guide Tabs

• & More!

ENVISION BANNER OPPORTUNITIES

Now you can actually visualize your banners, columns & window clings in Music City Center! You’ll also be able to see what partnership opportunities are still available.

http://meeting.gamestop.com/US_Conf/Conf_Vendor_partnerships_Nash.htm

Note: This site only contains banners, columns, & window clings. All other partnership opportunities listed in our 2019 partnership kit will not show up on this site.

2019 ALL DAY EXPO: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28TH

HTTP://MEETING.GAMESTOP.COM/US_CONF/CONF_VENDOR_EXPO_NASH.HTM

Expo Show Times: Wednesday, August 28

• Morning Expo: 7:30 am – 11:30 am

• Vendor Break: 11:30 am – 1:30 pm

• Afternoon Expo: 1:45 pm – 5:45 pm

• Vendor Break: 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm

• Expo Finale: 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

• All celeb signings, raffles, booth giveaways during finale

• Finale optional for attendees

• Vendor booths can be dark for finale (must notify Sam)

2019 EXPO: HTTP://MEETING.GAMESTOP.COM/US_CONF/CONF_VENDOR_EXPO_NASH.HTM

2019 Notes

• GME Buying Team Expo Walkthrough – Tuesday, August 27th

• In-app vendor surveys

• No isles carpet

• Lighting walk-through

• WIFI – Free!!

• Power, rigging, material handling, fire marshal info – website!

Expo Move-in Times

• Sunday, August 25th: 12:00 pm – 7:00 pm

• Monday, August 26th: 7:00 am – 7:00 pm

• Sunday, August 27th: 7:00 am – 7:00 pm

Expo Move-out Times

• Wednesday, August 28th: 8:00 pm – 11:59 pm

• Thursday, August 29th: 7:00 am – 4:00 pm

• Sunday, August 27th: 7:00 am – 7:00 pm

EXPO POP-UP BOOTHS

• 10’ x 10’

• 10’ x 20’

• Smart Panel Design – Slat wall

• White panel walls & black carpet

• Twelve M Long x 16” shelves

• One 6 ft table & 2 chairs on request

• Custom graphics: Due July 19th

VENDOR TRAINING ROOMSHTTP://MEETING.GAMESTOP.COM/US_CONF/CONF_VENDOR_VTRS_NASH.HTM

Dates:

• Monday, August 26th: 9:40 am – 6:00 pm

• Tuesday, August 27th: 9:15 am – 5:50 pm

New:

• Outside security registration & Pre-con

Reminders:

• No Rigging in meeting rooms

• Pyro, Laser Show, Realistic Combat Experience

• AV: Sean Baxley - Freeman

• Website for details on rigging, staging, fire marshal, giveaways, etc.

• VTR CADs due to Sam: July 24th

GENERAL SESSIONSHTTP://MEETING.GAMESTOP.COM/US_CONF/CONF_VENDOR_GS.HTM

Dates:

• Monday, August 26th: Morning, Afternoon & Evening

• Tuesday, August 27th: Morning, Afternoon & Evening

• Wednesday, August 28th: Afternoon & Evening

Sunday Deadline:

• Sunday, August 25th: Vendor Tech Rehearsal & HARD asset deadline

Reminders:

• Keep it fresh!

• Pyro, lasers, realistic combat experience reminder

• 1.5 hr. rehearsal in general session with Freeman, in addition to Sunday Tech rehearsal

• AV: Sean Baxley – Freeman

2019 SPONSORSHIP PROCESS

• Vendor Website

• Negotiations (You & Your GameStop Buyer)

• Vendor Commitment Form• Event Contacts, Vendor Accounting Contacts & EACs

• Confirmation E-mail from Samantha

• Housing Links & Registration links will be sent in Confirmation email

• Don’t forget about our Southwest Airlines Vendor Discount!

• Work with Samantha on Production

• Adhere to Partnership Deadlines

• Always look for acknowledgement from Sam

2019 KEY VENDOR DATES

• Vendor Website

• July 5th: Collateral Deadline

• July 12th: Pop UP Booth graphics due

• July 19th: Pop-Up Booth Art due

• July 24th: VTR CADs Due

• August 2nd: VTR & GS Outlines Due

• August 2nd: Show Bag Inserts Deadline

• August 23rd: Double VTR Move-In

• August 24th: VTR Move-in

• August 25th: Expo Move-in, GS Tech Rehearsals

• August 25th: Festival on 5th

• August 26th: VTRs & GS, Expo Move-in

• August 26th: nashXnight

• August 27th: GME Buying Team Expo Walkthrough, Expo Move-In, VTRs, GS & Vendor Reception

• August 28th: Expo!

• August 29th: Vendor Post Mortem

Need help on-site at Conference? Just look for a teal shirted personwith an official looking walkie talkie! We bring 50 highly dedicated, fun and knowledgeable GameStop Corporate Employees with us to help assist on-site. Anytime you need help…just holler at one of our Event Teamers. They will be

able to assist you!

QUESTIONS?