PaintballX3 Magazine Special Paintball Extravaganza Edition | Page 25

25 John Amodea and PB-Events w g Extravaganza planners. IPbE Exhibitors and attendees began arriving on Monday, February 24th. Well known names like Dye Precision, Kee Action Sports, Planet Eclipse and Valken were present. And the newly formed partnership of GI Sportz and Tippmann Sports seemed to be a most talked about subject. As the event directory showed, there were approximately 70 exhibitors and/or manufacturers with floor space in the main hall. There were also companies set up in the surrounding hall areas. Held at the Dulles Hyatt Hotel near Washington International Dulles Airport, it was easy access for those attending. And only a mile away from the airport, flying to and from points beyond the immediate area was less of a headache that might be expected. A good choice for an event of this type, attendees showed their agreement by solidly booking all the available rooms prior to the show. Registration, and a great deal of business socializing, was held in the first floor lobby area. Serving multiple purposes, the lobby was the gateway to the bar/bistro, restaurant and lounge/seating area. Judging by the amount of attendee traffic that was almost always present, it demonstrated another good choice by So, we’ll start at the Registration Desk, where attendees got their final paperwork taken care of. Official IPbE badges and lanyards were handed out. As this was an industry only show, admission was based on the attendee having a valid badge. Swag bags were distributed to participants in trademark IPbE style. Rick has been doing this for several years and two things appear to remain a constant. One, the bags morph into a basic backpack for WWW.PAINTBALLX3.COM