Badge Pickup and Free Parking
U-Con 2026 starts on Friday morning! We have a few notes and reminders regarding picking up your badges, new start time for registration, and free parking!
Changes to Registration Hours
This year, registration will open a half-hour earlier – at 7:30 am on Friday, November 13 and Saturday, November 14. On Sunday, registration will open the the usual time of 8:30 am. See the Show Schedule for full hours for Registration, Events, Games Library, and the Vendor Hall.
Free Parking
Don’t pay for parking!
- Attendees who are hotel guests at Eagle Crest under our convention room block will have in-and-out privileges in the hotel parking lot using their room key.
- Badged attendees who are not staying at the Eagle Crest hotel can get coupons from our registration team for exiting the hotel parking area free of charge. This is especially useful for Thursday night badge pickup!
- The hotel may lift all the gates, as they did last year – if so, you will not need to use a room key or coupon to exit the lot free of charge.
As always, please contact us at the registration desk for assistance.
Badge Pickup
Badges may be picked up during registration hours. For speedy service, please bring:
- Photo ID
- Tabletop Events QR Code
If you have already registered, the Tabletop Events email with your QR code was emailed to you on November 6. If you are not yet registered, you can purchase your badge ahead of time from Tabletop Events. Then you can find your QR code under your badge.
Beat the Friday morning line! For those already registered, badges may be picked up from our temporary registration desk in the lobby of the Marriott hotel from 7pm to 9pm on Thursday November 12.
GMs and Volunteers
GMs and Volunteers, if you already have your badge in the Tabletop Events system, you can pick up your badge just like regular attendees. Whether that’s early on Thursday evening or during our regular registration hours, we will be ready for you.
For the GMs and volunteers who still need a badge and will purchase one on site, you’ll still need to get in line during regular registration hours. We will need to verify that you qualify (8 or more hours of scheduled GM games and/or volunteer time in our system) and that will take a couple of extra minutes to verify. Once we have, you’ll be able to complete your purchase at the registration desk.
If you need a single day or weekend badge converted to a GM or volunteer badge, please come up to the registration desk and request a badge conversion. We only have a couple of staff who can handle this process, so one may need to be contacted if they aren’t already at the desk. One such staff member will be available to assist during our early badge pickup on Thursday, 7-9 pm.
Volunteers: At your designated time, report to either the registration desk or the game library depending on the shift type.
Door Prizes Included With Your Badge
Included with your badge, U-Con is thrilled to provide door prize raffles to attendees. See Registration to obtain your raffle ticket and choose which drawing to enter. Prizes were generously donated from Suffety Games, Restorations Games, Guests of Honor 13th Moon Games, and an anonymous donor. Drawings are at 6p ET on Friday and Saturday next to the registration desk. You must be present to win. See our blog article for details on the prizes to be raffled!