Laguna Art Museum releases VIP dinner details
by Alex Ziebart 
Jul 27th 2009 at 8:00PM
For the curious, tickets are $500 each and include the meal, a BlizzCon ticket, a signed print of Blizzard artwork, two-for-one admission to Laguna Art Museum's current WoW-themed exhibition, and "an opportunity to converse with executives, artists, developers, and community managers from Blizzard Entertainment as well as Laguna Art Museum's curator." If you signed up to win a chance at buying tickets, you might want to make sure you check your email sometime soon. You'll only have a 48 hour period to buy your tickets (limit two), so if you don't get it done soon you'll miss your chance.
If you're in the area but can't attend the benefit, don't feel too bad. It just so happens that WoW.com is doing something around the same time and we'd love to see you there.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
paranoia Jul 27th 2009 8:12PM
Being a Digital Artist, this is almost as cool as going to Blizzcon.
Raynier Jul 28th 2009 6:14PM
This looks like an awesome opportunity.
1. It's only $150 more than the $350 Buy-It-Now (on eBay) Blizzcon tix that may or may not be a scam and are definitely not kosher with Blizzard.
2. You get a signed print along with your blizzcon ticket/goody bag, so that adds like +5 w00t to your loot.
3. How often do you get a chance to have dinner with the people that design and run your favorite game? (And who have revolutionized an industry...)
4. It's for a good cause.
RetPallyJil Jul 27th 2009 10:30PM
Five hundred bucks, eh? Good thing the economy is going strong.
Magma Jul 27th 2009 11:45PM
I c wut u did thar
Shamman22 Jul 28th 2009 12:31AM
Yet another way to bilk people out of their money. I'm sure if you sign up for this, there is even a more exclusive after dinner desert party for $1000. After that, a super exclusive all inclusive super nightcap gathering for $10k.
chilisizzle Jul 28th 2009 4:06AM
First of all do you people know what a benefit is? As in an event to raise money for a non-profit organization like, oh I dunno, a museum? Maybe it should be free? That would raise a ton of money.
I know it's popular to be cynical with evil blizzard and all but this is hardly "bilking". And using the economy to sound all self- righteous isn't very creative either.
Here's a suggestion. Don't. Go. Complaining about the cost to attend a benefit dinner = you don't belong there anyway.
RetPallyJil Jul 28th 2009 6:04AM
It's sure easy to spend other people's money as you sit in your double-wide, ain't it, Chili?
Aggrajag Jul 28th 2009 6:50AM
To be honest I think it's good value. You get the BlizzCon ticket, chance to rub noses with art/WoW people, you get a signed WoW picture, you get fed and the money is going toward a good cause.
Compare it to the price of an F1 ticket? If you want to sit down they're more expensive than the above here in the UK and you just sit with other members of the public, don't meet anyone "important" and food and souvenirs are all extra costs.
Cris Jul 28th 2009 4:25AM
I won a ticket purchase option just yesterday... Sadly I cannot attend, I live in EU, and those $500 are just too much.
They said link would work only from my e-mail address... Any way to make it available also from other addresses?
Raynier Jul 28th 2009 6:15PM
That bit of text is inaccurate. The link worked just fine for me.
Stone_Rhino Jul 28th 2009 1:54PM
Hmm. $800+ for a blizzcon ticket on ebay, or $500 for a benefit dinner, museum tour, signed items, meeting with key blizzard employees AND a ticket to blizzcon?
Nice.