GC likely to remain in Leipzig

Following some news reports last week that claimed Games Convention would be moving from Leipzig to a bigger venue from 2009, GamesIndustry.biz has learned that such a move could only happen with the current organiser's permission.

According to a representative from Leipziger Messe, Games Convention and the GC brand is owned by the company, so any change in location or set-up would require its permission.

Yet such permission is unlikely to be granted because GC has proven such a success for the venue, and the representative went on to explain that one of the key elements to the rumour - that the existing GC contract is due to expire after the 2008 event - is less startling than it might at first seem

This is because fairground contracts of this type are only ever negotiated for periods of two or three years at a time.

However, there's nothing to prevent a rival fairground attempting to establish a separate event under a different banner, it seems.