Unlike so many other genre conventions, Creation Entertainment has a strict company policy not to "oversell" our conventions. In other words, every patron, no matter what bracket of ticket they purchase, will have a seat in the main auditorium where the major guests appear and events take place. Nothing upsets us more than hearing about other conventions that sell tickets to patrons and then those very same patrons have to wait on additional lines inside the facility to get into (or sometimes not!) the main theatre. An important Creation Entertainment difference we want you to know about!
The Creation difference extends to our 40 years experience in running fan conventions. In the last few years we've seen promoter after promoter fail taking hard earned ticket money down with them. Inexperienced promoters, often first-timers, use celebrity images and names to get ticket money which they use to hopefully pay their expenses. When that fails they've already gone through "your" ticket money and they collapse leaving no recourse for ticket holders. They say "buyer beware" but this has happened in Twilight, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, and Firefly fandom (to name just a few) and we really feel for those great fans who have lost their ticket money and upset travel plans.
ALL GUESTS are contracted to appear and all convention contracts specify that appearances are tentative and subject to change as film and television work demands take precedence as can a personal conflict. Our events will take place whether a specific guest cancels or not (we always try to book replacements) and therefore we can not issue admission ticket or ticket package refunds if a particular guest does not fulfill their appearance contract. Of course we will always refund separately purchased photo ops and autograph tickets for a guest if they cancel.
PHOTO TAKING POLICY AT THIS CONVENTION
We know that taking photos makes the convention even more fun and we thought it would be a good idea to share our photo taking policies for you before you arrive at the convention so you can prepare. In the auditorium, photo taking is encouraged, but only from your seat. It is unfair to run up to the stage and block the view of others who have paid for reserved seats in front of you. Even if there are empty seats, patrons must sit in the seats they paid for to be fair to everyone. Due to fire marshall regulations everyone must be seated during performances. Please also be courteous to your neighbors when taking pictures. Photo taking is not allowed during autographing sessions nor during the photo ops. Only those people who have autograph tickets may come up to get autographs. At the Gold Exclusive Parties and Breakfast: photo taking is encouraged when the guests arrive (but only from your seats). After a sufficient time for all to get their photos we ask that your cameras be placed down so the celebrities can enjoy their time at the two food functions. Thank you for understanding the need to have these few rules so everyone is safe and has fun.
The vast majority of our guest celebrities take questions from the audience during their on-stage time. Therefore it is incumbent upon those that ask questions to make them ones that allow our mutual shared time with the celebrities to be enjoyable, interesting and entertaining for all (including the guest). Asking for hugs, telling stars we love them (we all do, that's why we're here), giving gifts, getting into long personal stories, or worse, is not acceptable for this format and, in fact, is quite self-centered when you are in essence "representing" all of fandom to a celebrity. Join us in trying to make this convention the best entertainment for everyone!
In the event of convention cancellations or date changes Creation Entertainment is not responsible for patrons' costs involving travel or hotel accommodations or any other non convention ticket expenses.
Advance ticket sales are generally turned off early to mid-week of the week of the events. Tickets, if they are not sold out, are sold at the convention of course.
PLEASE READ THIS PAGE COMPLETELY BEFORE ORDERING ANY TICKETS.
Please note that tickets are delivered to you via e-mail in PDF format which you should print out and bring with you to convention registration. Most customers receive their PDF tickets within 3 business days of having placed their order.
"The Return" of one of our most famous events, reserve this weekend for us!
LOS ANGELES, CA
Fri., Sat. & Sun.,
November 2-4, 2012
The Burbank Airport Marriott Hotel
One of the genre's great traditions continues as Creation Entertainment proudly returns THE GRAND SLAM SHOW back to its roster. For close to two decades Grand Slam was "the" convention of the year for fans of all new and vintage sci-fi and genre TV and films, so now in a time when our field is huge in both we decided to come on back thanks to your continuing emails and calls.
Keep watching as we launch what will truly become a legendary weekend of entertaining memories for all of us! As huge fans of the genre ourselves we can't wait to welcome like minded folk from around the world for a celebration like no other! And, keep in mind, that unlike other fan conventions Creation does not sell ONE ticket more than we have seats for in our main theatre so EVERYONE from general admission single day to our highest end weekend packages see ALL OUR GUESTS!
EVERY PATRON is important to us: once inside: no waiting, no worrying! I guess the question for all those sweaty, wait forever on line other conventions in concrete expo halls: why do you have to oversell and make it unpleasant for everyone? Well we guess they have to answer for themselves but our audience knows that when you have an autograph ticket or photo op with a star: you get what you paid for! The Creation difference is most evident at GRAND SLAM: filled with fantastic celebrities, a great dealers room, surprise events, wonderful performances beyond standard panels, tons of fan/star interactivity, and so much more!
GUEST CELEBRITIES
James Marsters
The talented actor/performer has been a long-time genre fan favorite starting with his super-popular work as Spike in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. Follow-up genre roles include playing Captain John Hart in Torchwood, Lord Piccolo in Dragonball: Evolution, Barnabas Greeley in Caprica, Braniac in Smallville, and Don Stark in Supernatural.
James will be on hand at the convention (day of appearance to be announced) to appear on stage, sign autographs at his booth at the event (you may purchase signatures directly from him) and do photo ops (available at this site or at the convention)
David Guintoli
The star of popular new fantasy series GRIMM portraying Nick Burkhardt
Appearing Saturday
Steven R. McQueen
Jeremy Gilbert of The Vampire Diaries
Appearing Sunday
Sam Witwer
BEING HUMAN's Aidan, Davis Bloome of Smallville, Crashdown of Battlestar Galactica
Appearing Saturday
Tyler Posey
MTV's hit series TEEN WOLF'S star Scott McCall
Appearing Sunday
WITH MANY OTHER HOT GUESTS TO BE ANNOUNCED....
CONVENTION TICKETS
Please make sure to bring ALL your printed out tickets to the convention as we can not replace any tickets forgotten or lost. This holds true for all ticket-buyers domestic and outside of The United States as we no longer have a will-call or hold ticket desk. Our convention sites generally have a business office where you can print out your tickets if you have left them home by mistake. Once you present your ticket(s) at registration, photo op areas, or autograph sessions they will be scanned for legitimacy and one-time use only. Thanks!
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and we'll look into it and get right back to you. Thanks!
GOLD WEEKEND PACKAGES:
Join the fun of The Grand Slam Convention by doing it up in high style. Our top of the line GOLD WEEKEND PACKAGES offer a bucket load of benefits designed to give you the absolute best experience. Here's what you get when you "Go Gold"
1) The very best reserved seating for our daytime main auditorium events, all three days! Great for photographers and with our ticket ordering system you get to pick your actual seat in the theatre... be close to all the action, reserve as early as possible!
2) Complimentary admission to the exclusive SATURDAY NIGHT GOLD COCKTAIL PARTY, an amazing night to enjoy with fellow fans and celebrity guests including SAM WITWER and many more to be announced. The themed CENTERPIECE CONTEST offers a $250 gift certificate to the very best "sci-fi" themed creation. This event is exclusive to our Gold Patrons.
3) The Celebrity Cabaret is always a true highlight of our conventions. Here some of our stars entertain LIVE and we've created a lot of memories in the past. You keep your same great seat!
4) Complimentary in person autographs from various attending celebrities, these autographs will have a value of over $200 if purchased separately. Included so far (with many more to come) are Steven R. McQueen, David Guintoli, Sam Witwer and Tyler Posey.
5) First to get autographs when going row by row as you are in the front rows!
6) Wristbands for immediate entrance without waiting on line once you come through the first time
7) Pre-Registration for Gold Patrons (you get registered first so you can hit the vendors room earlier than other patrons). Pre-Registration is not a necessity, it is a convenience.
8) Complimentary admission to our super fun Celebrity Karaoke Night Party!
$370
OTHER TICKET OPTIONS, INCLUDING GENERAL ADMISSION WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON.
AUTOGRAPH TICKETS
Autograph and Photo Op Tickets do not include admission to the convention. You must have an admission ticket for the convention in order to redeem autograph and photo op tickets.
Here's the rare chance to get an in-person hand-signed autograph by your favorite celebrity. We do autographing row by row for those that have them included in their packages followed by additional autograph tickets called by number. If autographs are part of your ticket package you can get any additional signatures you've purchased the first time you come up. You must bring an item for the celebrity to sign: you can bring something from home or purchase an officially licensed photograph or souvenir at the convention. The autograph tickets are available in limited supply, please order soon. THANKS!
Steven R. McQueen $25 (Sunday)
David Guintoli $25 (Saturday)
Sam Witwer $30 (Saturday)
Tyler Posey $25 (Sunday)
Note: James Marsters will be offering his autograph directly to our attendees.
Note: Patrons must bring an item for celebrities to sign. You can bring something from home or purchase a photo or other collectible in the vendors room. Please feel free to purchase as many autograph tickets of a particular celebrity as you'd like.
PHOTO OP TICKETS
Photo Op Tickets do not include admission to the convention. Due to security considerations and guest concerns we cannot facilitate the giving of gifts to guests at the photo op sessions. LIMIT OF TWO FANS PER PHOTO-OP, NO EXCEPTIONS PLEASE! TWO FANS CAN BE IN THE PHOTO OP FOR THE PRICE OF ONE PHOTO OP TICKET.
Your photo will be taken by Creation's all knowing and super-powerful official staff photographers. They take the best pictures, make the stars comfortable & willing to pose more freely with fans, and generally are beloved by all. JUST CLICK TO OUR E-MAIL FEEDBACK SECTION TO READ ABOUT HOW GREAT CREATION PHOTO OPS ARE! Please read: PHOTO OP F.A.Q.
Steven R. McQueen $45 (Sunday)
David Guintoli $45 (Saturday)
James Marsters $60 (day to be announced)
Sam Witwer $45 (Saturday)
Tyler Posey $40 (Sunday)
HOTEL RESERVATIONS
The Burbank Airport Marriott Hotel
2500 N. Hollywood Way
Burbank, California
Stay overnight and make your convention visit into a full scale holiday. The Marriott is mere steps away from the Bob Hope Burbank Airport for our out of town visitors. The hotel is gorgeous and is conveniently located near all of the sites and attractions of the area. Reserve now to get special lower than normal room rates. Online room reservations are now just a click away with ResLink!
DEALERS:
SCHEDULE
A full schedule will be posted a few days before the event.
All guests and scheduling is tentative and subject to change.
Creation assumes no responsibility for typographical errors or inaccurate information provided by convention venues. All dates, venues and guests are considered tentative and subject to change. Check back frequently for updates.
NOTE: ALL TICKETS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE AND NON-EXCHANGEABLE. ABSOLUTELY NO AUDIO OR VIDEOTAPING ALLOWED AT ANY CONVENTION. Still photography is for personal use only - public dissemination and commercial use strictly prohibited.
By attending Creation events you agree to allow your image to be used on our website and in news documentaries or stories, either filmed by Creation Entertainment or other entities.
All ticket prices are subject to change, please order as early as possible.
Updated: May 15, 2012