rather than just blasting out the whole email, which was … long … , here are the highlights

Gen Con Attributes Record-Breaking 2014 Numbers to Growing Partnership between Gamers and Indianapolis Community

INDIANAPOLIS (August 19, 2014)
Gen Con 2014, completed August 14-17 at the Indiana Convention Center, experienced another year of record attendance numbers and unprecedented growth. For the fourth consecutive year, Gen Con grew by more than 10%. This year, reaching more than 14% year-over-year growth with a weekend turnstile attendance of 184,699 and unique attendance of 56,614. This number surpasses 2013’s previous record of 49,530 unique attendees. Since 2009, Gen Con’s annual attendance has more than doubled.

Due to Gen Con’s expansion throughout the Indiana Convention Center, the show also featured record numbers of exhibitors (370+) and events (14,000+).
Gen Con 2015 will return to Indianapolis July 30 – August 2, 2015.

56,614 unique attendees.
No wonder the housing sold out so fast, and led to so much complaint & so many calls for the convention to move, usually to Las Vegas.
That’s a whole lotta nerds.

On a less numberical note, my Gen Con attending friends in the USA appear to have enjoyed themselves, and are hopefully emerging from the depths of the post-con doldrums, where, no matter how exciting your work is, you’d rather be gaming.