I am going to open the door, for now, guys, but I am a candidate for a manager position at a gaming convention here in Dallas, TX called GameFEST. I know that 8 months is a bit of short notice, but can anyone consider traveling to this convention and do some speedruns?

Alright, here are some planning details for the marathon:

1. The Marathon should happen from the 16th to the 18th (of August). It will be streamed (provided that I can get all of the equipment together) on my personal twitch channel.
2. I am currently unsure who will be providing the consoles. It could be the convention or it could be the runner's responsibility. I will know by next week on their status.
3. I will be able to secure two rooms for the marathon. One of which is a panel room that will be used for the event itself, and a second, smaller, room to serve as a practice room.
4. Whether or not it will be a charity stream will remain up in the air. I have not broached the subject with the director in our meeting tonight, but if the interest is there, I will.
5. I will be working under certain people so I will NOT be getting the final decision in regards to how the marathon will be run. Because I do have to work within the confines of the convention itself.
6. I am willing to listen to more experienced marathon organizers in determining how a marathon is going to go.

I'm from Dallas and 50/50% may be back in town around this time. Definitely keep in touch! I mostly run mobile games like https://speedrun.com/cb , which aren't too difficult to stream live.