Rocket City Gamefest January 21-23, 2022 Huntsville Marriott

Space & Rocket Center

5 Tranquility Base Huntsville, AL 35805

Important Covid-19 Update-Please Read

Friends,

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We had hoped by now to have some clarity regarding how we could safely host Rocket City Gamefest 2021 amid the ongoing Covid-19 crisis; a vaccine, significant downward trend of infection, or revised guidelines from health officials concerning transmission risk in large social gatherings. Unfortunately time has been against us. We are at crossroads where we must make a decision whether to commit significant financial resources for the 2021 Gamefest. While it is possible that we could see some positive news concerning Covid-19 in the coming months, we expect the current guidelines regarding large group gatherings to remain unchanged through the winter.

Because of you, Rocket City Gamefest has grown quickly in the 5 years of its existence. The last 2 years have seen us sellout our venue and led to feeling “squeezed” at times. Due to your continued enthusiasm, we have moved to a larger (and more expensive) venue, so we can provide you with the gaming experience you deserve. This is a risk we were happy to take, because we love hosting and growing our awesome gaming community. We have reached out to you with some proposals regarding safety precautions we planned to take, and many of you have indicated that these steps would make you feel comfortable in attending. However, a significant portion of our attendees have indicated that they would reluctantly be skipping the event this year barring a dramatic development in the fight against Covid-19. Unfortunately, hosting a lightly attended Gamefest at our new venue, could result a financial impact that would put the future of Rocket City Gamefest in peril.

We have been able to work with our new host hotel and they have allowed us to delay the start of our contract for a year with no financial penalty. While we are certainly saddened to not be able to host you this year, we feel that canceling Rocket City Gamefest 2021, and directing our efforts into making Gamefest 2022 even more awesome is the best decision.

I know some of you will be disappointed in this decision. We hope that you will stick with us, and we promise to always try to give you the best gaming experience of the year.

Much love to the best gaming community around,

The RCG Crew

P.S. If circumstances allow, we will be looking into hosting an event in the spring or summer to tide you over until RCG 2022. Let us know if you have ideas for a great venue for such an event!