The J.W. Marriot Lobby

“One of the best parts of E3 was how everyone in the industry—developers, publishers, journalists, top executives—gathered in the J.W. Marriott lobby just steps away from the E3 show floor. When watching E3 from home, you might assume the show floor was where everything important happened, but this lobby became this quintessential social hub for E3; people would gather there after the show floor closed, after returning from industry parties, or for a coffee to recharge the next morning. It was the perfect place to catch up with colleagues, but business happened there too.

We actually met our very first customer at a table there; it was completely by chance, but they were discussing their game at the table next to mine and I quickly mentioned to them that I was a huge fan. This completely unplanned interaction kickstarted our entire business. Losing the yearly industry gathering in this lobby is truly one of the sadder aspects of E3’s end—you just can’t recreate impromptu meetings like that through online channels.”

—Adam Lieb, CEO of Gamesight