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BlizzCon is a celebration of the Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo franchises and the communities that surround them. This two-day event will contain Q&A panels featuring the developers of World of Warcraft and StarCraft: Ghost, social events for fans and developers to meet one another, and hands-on gameplay featuring your favorite Blizzard games. A closing night concert featuring a to-be-announced band will bring BlizzCon 2005 to its close.

The event will take place on October 28 and October 29 at the Anaheim Convention Center, located at 800 West Katella Avenue, Anaheim, CA 92802. The hours of operation are 10 AM to 10 PM PST on Friday and Saturday. The closing night concert will be held at the Anaheim Convention Center.

Each BlizzCon ticket costs $120, not including website surcharge fees. Tickets are non-transferable, and Blizzard reserves the right to deny admission to anyone who violates this policy.

To attend BlizzCon, you must purchase tickets in advance through the BlizzCon Ticket Web Site. Tickets will be made available beginning on July 21, 2005, at 8 AM PDT (11AM EST). There will be a four (4) ticket limit per person.

Tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis until they are sold out, though Blizzard reserves the right to sell additional tickets in the future.

We will be able to provide a personalized BlizzCon badge for each attendee if you follow these directions when purchasing your BlizzCon tickets:

1. Prior to the date BlizzCon tickets go on sale, make sure that for each attendee you have the first & last name, World of Warcraft character name and World of Warcraft server name. If the attendee does not subscribe to World of Warcraft, you may enter just the 1st & last name.
2. Enter this information into the "optional" fields on the BlizzCon ticket purchasing page.
3. Personalized badges will be waiting for you at will-call.

If you prefer to leave these fields blank, the BlizzCon badge for that attendee will not be personalized.

Each BlizzCon Full-Show ticket includes a BlizzCon badge that grants you access to BlizzCon and one (1) BlizzCon concert ticket that grants you entry to the BlizzCon closing-night concert featuring The Offspring. Each Exhibit-Only ticket grants you the same access as the Full-Show ticket minus the concert ticket.

Attendees will also get a BlizzCon Goody Bag containing exclusive swag, including a World of Warcraft in-game pet and more!

Please be aware that transportation and accommodations are not included with the cost of any BlizzCon ticket.

International attendees will be able to purchase tickets simultaneously with domestic attendees, so everyone from around the world will have the same opportunity to attend. Tickets will be available beginning on July 21 via the English-language only BlizzCon Ticket Web Site, which accepts American Express, Diner's Club, Discover, MasterCard, and Visa. All funds will be processed in U.S. dollars.

Several hotels within walking distance of the Anaheim Convention Center have agreed to provide guest rooms at a special BlizzCon group rate. Be sure to book your rooms soon, as there are limited rooms available at these hotels. Please read "Hotel & Travel" section of the BlizzCon website for details.

Transportation to the event is up to you. Information on car rentals and shuttle buses from nearby airports is also available on the BlizzCon website.

This event is open to Blizzard fans of all ages, although we recommend that children be accompanied by an adult. The children ticket price is the same as the adult ticket price.

BlizzCon Ticket Web Site automatically sends a confirmation email to each customer that buys a ticket. If you did not receive a confirmation email and think you should have, please check your spam folder for this email. If you still are unable to locate your confirmation email, please call Registration Control Systems BlizzCon customer support at 805-677-4296 to confirm your order.

Please go to the BlizzCon will-call sign at the Anaheim Convention Center in order to pick up your official BlizzCon badge (required for entry into BlizzCon) and Closing-Night-concert ticket (required for entry into the concert). You must have the credit card you used to purchase your tickets with you when you pick up your badges. Without your credit card, you may be denied a badge and concert ticket, and no refund will be issued.

Will-Call registration is located in the lobby between Hall A and Hall B. There are separate general public and press queues. Avoid the lines on Friday morning by picking up your badges early during special pre-show registration hours this Wednesday and Thursday. The hours of operation are as follows:

Wednesday, October 26, 11am-7pm
Thursday, October 27, 11am-7pm
Friday, October 28, 9am-9pm
Saturday, October 29, 9am-6pm

World of Warcraft subscribers will be able to compete in World of Warcraft Battlegrounds matches and play as their own characters on their normal servers at BlizzCon. StarCraft: Ghost will also be available for hands-on gameplay to the general public for the first-time ever.

Look for special appearances by the World of Warcraft dev team as they challenge fans in the Battlegrounds. Attendees will also be able to play StarCraft, WarCraft III, and Diablo II matches against each other live from the show floor.

By invitation-only, the top Warcraft III and StarCraft professional gamers in the world will be flown to BlizzCon to compete for cash and prizes. Watch and learn as these RTS masters fight for the BlizzCon Invitational crown.

Don't worry! Those who miss the chance to purchase tickets from the BlizzCon Ticket Web Site can participate in various contests to win BlizzCon tickets. Blizzard, the World of Warcraft community site, and other organizations will be holding BlizzCon contests in the coming months. Good luck!

Yes. Goody bags will be handed out at BlizzCon, and attendees must be there in person in order to receive their bag.

BlizzCon will include a LAN area with over 300+ computers, but there will be no wireless internet access. Attendees cannot bring their own computers into the show, but some of the local hotels offer internet capabilities in their hotel rooms if you choose to bring your own computer.

Attendees must present the credit card used to purchase their tickets in order to pick up their badges at the show.

Yes. Check out Shane Dabiri's World of Warcraft Battleplan for more information.

Video cameras are permitted in the BlizzCon Exhibit Halls, but are not permitted in the Arena where the BlizzCon Finale Concert will be held. We suggest that if you are bringing a video camera to BlizzCon, you plan ahead and find some place to store it (such as your hotel room or vehicle) prior to entering the Arena. Blizzard is not responsible for lost or stolen cameras.

Costumes may not include or otherwise utilize any edged weapons (such as knives, daggers, swords), firearms of any kind including airguns, long bows, crossbows, or any other type of projectile weapon regardless of whether it is unloaded or nonfunctional; 'actual' clubs, maces, or other 'crushing weapons.' Acceptable costume 'weapon props' will be limited to air filled or soft plastic swords, daggers, maces or clubs, and wooden staves that are not shod with metal.

Unfortunately, we are unable to change information on badges at this time. Each BlizzCon badge is being pre-printed and assembled into a registration envelope with a few other items for you to pick-up at Will-Call.

BlizzCon attendees who purchased the BlizzCon Show-Pass ($120 each) will pick up their registration envelopes from BlizzCon will-call by showing their credit card of purchase. The registration envelope will contain a badge, badge holder, and concert-ticket voucher for each ticket purchased.

Attendees should take the voucher to the concert-arena box office windows and exchange it for a concert ticket. Attendees who opted-in and won standing-room floor spots will have a specific voucher in their registration envelope that can be redeemed for a general admission floor concert ticket. All other vouchers can be redeemed for concert tickets with assigned seats; however, if any floor spots remain available, attendees with assigned seats can exchange their tickets for those spots.

If you are interested in sitting with certain other people in particular, such as friends or family who traveled to BlizzCon separately, we recommend that you visit the concert-arena box office as a group to redeem your concert-ticket vouchers together, which will greatly improve your chances of being able to sit with others in your group. Otherwise, the only other option for sitting together as a group at the concert is to exchange seats with other concert attendees who are willing to do so.

Arena Box Office window hours of operations are as follows:

Thursday, October 27, 11am-7pm
Friday, October 28, 10am-10pm
Saturday, October 29, 10am-8pm

If you want to exchange your Full-Show pass for an Exhibit-Only pass and forfeit your concert ticket, please call Blizzard customer support at 800-953-SNOW. You must have the order number from your original order, which was provided on the confirmation page or confirmation email you received after your original purchase. Our customer support team will then credit the $35 difference to the credit card of purchase for each Full-Show pass exchanged for an Exhibit-Only pass. Your order can only be changed once, and no refunds beyond the $35 downgrade difference will be issued.

Any Full-Show passes that become available as a result of an exchange can be purchased for $120 via the ticketing website (please see www.BlizzCon.com for ticket availability). These Full-Show passes will include a ticket to the closing-night concert featuring The Offspring.

PLEASE NOTE: There are only a limited number of Exhibit-Only passes that have been reserved for this downgrade option. The cutoff date for exchanging a Full-Show pass for an Exhibit-Only pass and receiving a partial refund is the date at which this limited supply of Exhibit-Only passes has been exhausted, or 12:00 PM PDT on October 14, 2005 -- whichever comes first. Furthermore, at 12:00 PM PDT on October 14, 2005, online sales of both Exhibit-Only and Full-Show passes, should any of either remain available, will close.

Attendees will be able to pick up their goody bags at a designated area on the show floor. The goody bag redemption area will be open from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM on Friday, October 28, and from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM Saturday, October 29.

The last Q&A panel on Friday in Hall B ends at 6pm, and the contests begin on the Hall B stage at 7pm.

On Friday night at 7pm, Hall B will change over from the main panel room into the Cocktails & Contests room. All attendees regardless of age can attend. Cash bars in dedicated beer gardens will be serving alcohol to those 21 and over. Concession stands will serve food and non-alcoholic beverages. There will be areas for attendees to mingle with Blizzard staff and fellow gamers while the contests will be taking place live onstage.

Anyone underage who is caught drinking by the convention center's security staff will lose their badge and access to BlizzCon.

BlizzCon is a public event, and members of the press and Blizzard's video crews will be filming the events, people, and attractions throughout the show. As part of your admission to BlizzCon, you consent to your image being filmed and used for publicity or commercial purposes by Blizzard Entertainment or the press without further notice to you.

Yes, once you have picked up your badge, you can enter and exit the convention at will during both days of the show.

For the computers featuring the World of Warcraft expansion set, we will have one-hour time limits, which will allow more people to have a chance to experience the sneak-peak content.

Arena doors open at 6:30pm on Saturday, and the show will kick off around 8pm. Following performances by Level 60 Elite Tauren Chieftain and comedian Christian Finnegan, The Offspring will take the stage and bring BlizzCon to its close.

Food and beverages are available from concession stands in the convention center. Per convention center policy, you cannot bring your own food/beverage into the show.

Attendees will not be allowed to bring weapons (see costume contest FAQ for details), fireworks, personal computers/laptops (credentialed press excluded), glass, bottles, cans, or large containers into BlizzCon.

No weapons (real or otherwise), fireworks, snap-on camera lenses, wireless phones (turned on), personal computers/laptops, glass, bottles, cans, large containers, backpacks, goody bag, or BlizzCon store bags are allowed into the arena.

A bag-storage area will be available in the Hall A lobby from 4pm onwards on Saturday, though we recommend storing your valuables in your hotel room or automobile.

We would have liked to have made some tickets available for walk-up guests at the Anaheim convention center, but demand to attend BlizzCon has completely exceeded our capacity for the show, and tickets are completely sold out. Unfortunately, this means that we will not be selling any tickets at the door.