E3 Expands

This year™s E3 could potentially expand to the Staples Center in Los Angles, according to the show™s producers. Exhibitor space was sold out a month earlier than in previous years, and many developers and designers are still on the waiting lists for a booth. E3 2006 is currently scheduled to have over 400 exhibitors, which, according to the ESA will "cover space equivalent to 4,650 Olympic swimming pools", or 540 000 square feet. The ESA™s (Entertainment Software Association) president Doug Lowenstein addressed the unprecedented boom in exhibitor signups, and was quoted as saying that "