Founder and CEO Holly Carinci is very excited to be bringing the 2010 ELAN Awards to the United States in July. The awards ceremony for video games, animation and visual effects which has been held in Vancouver for all three of its previous years is being re-launched into a three-day celebration in San Diego beginning on Saturday, July 17th with two days of parties and ending on Monday July 19th, the evening prior to Comic-con, with the grand finale itself, the 2010 ELANS Dinner Awards Ceremony.
Building on the huge success of three Canadian shows hosted by William Shatner (Star Trek), Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy) and Tom Kenny ("SpongeBob SquarePants"), Carinci will now launch the 4th ELAN Awards onto center stage in the United States.
The 2010 ELAN Awards will be starting it all off with a splash by throwing a Welcome Pool Party Saturday afternoon on July 17th. 1,000 VIPs will arrive at the 4th floor of the beautiful Manchester Grand Hyatt where they will flow through to the vast space in the center of the two towers and onto the gorgeous pool area with amazing views of San Diego and Coronado Island. Sumptuous Food Stations and Hosted Premium Bars will be everywhere and so will the suits ...BATHING SUITS that is.
Sunday night's Nomination Celebration-in-the-Streets is ALL about the 2010 ELAN Final Nominees celebrating with friends and peers as well as media and celebrities who just want to share in their night. With opening acts such as this year's Grammy-nominated "Splitting Adam", 2,000 stars will enjoy a party unlike anything they've ever experienced before. Happening on Fifth Avenue and utilizing the Historic Gaslamp Quarter for its backdrop, the 2010 ELAN Awards' street party will undoubtedly make the top-tenparties- of-the-year list.
On Monday, July 19th Industry Luminaries will walk the red carpet alongside Celebrities in front of fans and media. They will enter into the heady environment of the 2010 ELAN Awards Gala Reception, heightened by expensive champagne and delectable appetizers served in the luxurious foyer of the Elizabeth Ballroom. 1,200 Nominees and their guests joined by both Industry and Hollywood stars will enjoy an unforgettable 4-course ELAN Awards Dinner in the elegant Elizabeth Ballroom in the Manchester Grand Hyatt prior to the 2010 ELAN Awards Ceremony. Two stars, one from Hollywood and the other from the Video Game Industry will share the Hosting duties of the awards ceremony.
The best show producers in Los Angeles and San Diego will be involved in the staging of the 2010 ELAN Awards promising an entertaining and technically advanced show. The thirty awards given out on the evening will include new convergent categories never before awarded and game clips never before seen in North America all of which will combine to create the crowning touch for of the 2010 ELAN Awards. 2000 VIPS will celebrate their wins and drown their losses at the 2010 ELAN Awards After-Party held in one of San Diego's most posh and lavish destinations "ON BROADWAY". Like the finale of a great fireworks show, the guests, nominees and winners of the 2010 ELAN Awards will wrap up their 3 day celebration with an explosive party at the high-energy dance club, complete with a computerized light show and 90,000 watt sound system.
Holly Carinci: "Music has the Grammy's; Television the Emmy's; Movies the Oscars and the Golden Globes. Video Gaming is the fastest growing sector of the Entertainment Industry and is now bigger than all of them. As the number one industry in entertainment it deserves an awards ceremony on par with these esteemed ceremonies that celebrates this magnificent industry's growth and position." By hiring the Michael Russell Group, the powerhouse responsible for the Golden Globe Awards publicity for the past seventeen years, the ELAN'S have ensured that their sponsors will be covered by every format of trade and general interest media possible and that the parties and the 2010 ELAN Awards Ceremony itself will make it onto the biggest TV entertainment shows highlight reels.
Welcome to the newest, most exciting awards show in the world, the 2010 ELAN Awards.
The ELAN Awards recently announced that they had selected their Official Charity. From this year forward five percent of ALL monies raised for the ELAN Awards will be donated to the IGDA Foundation charity, "Gamers with Disabilities".