Panini America, Inc joins the MGC as a sponsor and will be giving away lots of NBA Adrenalyn XL cards for people to collect and play! Panini America, Inc is your leading trading card manufacturer! With tons of great sets and series and the only license to print cards for the NBA, Panini America has products to satisfy the biggest card collectors as well as the brand new trading card fans. Don’t miss Adrenalyn XL, the new trading card game from Panini which allows you to play with your favorite stars online against friends or foes! For great cards, Panini is the only name you need to know! For the 2010 Midwest Gaming Classic, Panini will be providing game boards and packs of their Adrenalyn XL trading cards!  Be one of the first 1000 guests, and get a play board and pack of cards in the event goodie bag!  Also, Panini is sponsoring Sunday’s Family day, with another 1000 game boards and packs of cards while supplies last! Panini is also sponsoring the Saturday NBA Fastbreak pinball tournament, giving each entrant a pack of Adrenalyn XL cards with their entry, as well as the top four places earning more cards for their collections! Adrenalyn XL is the perfect card set for the new collector!  With a low entry cost and an easy-to-learn game that can be played by people of all nearly ages, it is a set that is fun for the whole family.   The cards feature codes on the back of the cards, allowing you to track your Adrenalyn XL collection online and play the game against others from around the world!

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Bring an arcade machine to the event and you’ll get exclusive entry into a party Saturday night to thank you for your help making the Midwest Gaming Classic great! Bring an arcade machine to the Midwest Gaming Classic and you’ll the chance to attend an exclusive after party!  After the show wraps on Saturday night, for each game you bring you will be given one ticket to attend this exclusive after party!  The after party includes many great events within it! Pinball Life returns to sponsor the Best In Show pinball awards!  Bring the best condition game to the show, as voted on by your peers, and you could win a trophy and a great prize such as a multimeter from Pinball Life!  Talk about great bragging rights! If you are a pinball or arcade video fan, you don’t want to miss this great party!

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The show officially closes at 8pm Saturday, but if you want to play in the Midwest Pinball Championship or on any of the pinball mini-tournaments, you’ll have additional time to play! While the Midwest Gaming Classic officially closes at 8pm on Saturday, the Midwest Pinball Championship, as well as the rest of the pinball mini-tournament times are going to be extended past 8pm.  The time that qualifying entries will stop will be determined based on need, but is intended to be run until at least 10pm, if not longer. The Midwest Pinball Championship is the largest pinball tournament held in the Midwest, and one of the largest pinball tournaments in the world!  In 2010, the tournament will once again be expanded to include a C division tournament, as well as up the ante in playing for the regular tournament by awarding an invitation to the IFPA Championships! If you’re into pinball playing, keep checking back as more announcements will be made about incredible pinball tournaments coming up in the following weeks!

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Tournament Hours to be Expanded Saturday

Think you are good at Halo? Check out our Halo 3 tournament at the show! If you think you are good at Halo, stop at the Versus room between 10am and 6pm Saturday or while slots last to sign up for the 2010 Halo 3 Championship!  Two player teams pay $5 to enter and get the chance to win some great Halo prizes like helmet sets from McFarlane toys and bobble head toys! Have what it takes to be the top at one of the top shooting games ever made?  Prove it on Saturday at the Midwest Gaming Classic!  Make sure to sign up early when you arrive though, spots are limited and once they are sold out — they are sold out!

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Pre-order tickets now available! The Midwest Gaming Classic is pleased to announce the availability of pre-order tickets for the show! Pre-order your tickets now to save money on a two-day event pass good for both Saturday and Sunday of the event! This special offer is available for $20.00 and is ONLY for pre-order ticket holders! Regular adult ticket prices for Saturday, March 21, 2009 will be $15.00 and Sunday, March 22, 2009 will be $10.00. We haven’t forgotten your young ones! As always, children 12 and under can get in to the event for FREE provided they are accompanied by a paid adult at all times. Click here to order your tickets NOW!

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Bring an arcade video or pinball machine to sell or show and get rewarded for your effort with tickets, cash, money for the show, and more! The Midwest Gaming Classic has always been one of the best places to play arcade video and pinball machines, but it is also one of the best place for collectors and sellers to bring arcade video and pinball machines to show and sell.  The Midwest Gaming Classic provides people who bring games to the show with some amazing rewards! Bring a game, and you get a two-day pass to the show (a $25 value!) or $15.00 cash!  Bring more than one game, and you keep getting this reward for as many games as you bring! The Midwest Gaming Classic offers special reward levels.  For every four games you bring, you will reach a different additional reward level starting with a $15 gas card if you bring 4 games, and you can work all the way up to a free stay at the Brookfield Sheraton during the event as long as you keep those games at the Midwest Gaming Classic until 4:00pm on Sunday! If that isn’t enough, this year Instant Rewards return to the Midwest Gaming Classic!  Bring 2 games, and get an instant $10.00 to enter any Midwest Gaming Classic tournament!  Bring more, and you can earn money to use throughout the show! The Midwest Gaming Classic also is a great place to sell games.  With over 3600 attendees in 2009, the market looking to purchase games is huge and unlike many other shows, if you sell a game there is absolutely no fee taken by the Midwest Gaming Classic! And don’t forget — if you bring a game to the Midwest Gaming Classic, you’ll receive exclusive entry into the Saturday night after party.  This after party celebrates those who bring games to the show, and full details will be announced in the near future. All this together makes the perfect spot to bring your arcade video or pinball games for sale or show, whether you have never brought a game to a show ever before or you are a pro who intends on bringing a semi-trailer full, the Midwest Gaming Classic is the perfect location for you!

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Machine Rewards Announced