Gamers Get Their Own Area At Rivers and Spires’ Gig City Gaming Area

Clarksville, TN – Video game aficionados have a place to unite, unwind and show their gaming skills at this year’s Rivers and Spires Festival.

For the second year, the Festival will be bringing a free, fully interactive gaming area to the underground parking garage located on Franklin Street. Gig City Gaming, presented by CDE Lightband, will feature over 50 titles and will cater to over 30,000 gamers. Tons of gaming will be available for everyone to enjoy on systems including the Xbox 360, Xbox One, Play Station 3 and Play Station 4.

In order to make sure everyone’s gaming experience is ideal, CDE will have the systems running on a 1 Gigabit wired connection with a switch to ensure optimum Internet speed for online and offline game play. One Gigabit of Internet bandwidth is approximately 100 times faster than the average Internet speed.

Gaming, provided by SuperCon 2k Series and Alienware, will be on in full force on April 17th from 6:00pm-9:00pm and April 18th from 10:00am to 8:00pm.

The Gig City Gaming area will be host to several different types of games, including titles such as Call of Duty, HALO, Dance Central and Super Street Fighter 4. There will be a listing of games and play times available outside of the Gig City Gaming Event to view the maturity ratings and game types.

It is the parent and/or guardian’s responsibility to monitor the games their children will play. There are multiple games, with different age appropriate levels, available all day long. To learn more about ESRB rating system for games please visit the ESRB Ratings website, www.esrb.org

The Gig City Gaming area is sure to be very popular, so staff will be moderating the play time of all participants. Many of the games have a definite start and finish, so once a player finishes a round, match, dancing, or whatever the case might be, they will be required to rotate out to allow the next waiting player time to play.

Gig City Gaming is only one of the many unique areas at Rivers and Spires this year. It’s obvious that the Festival is filling up fast with a ton of free games and activities that are geared to please everyone in your family. To see more about the different zones and special attractions, visit www.riversandspires.com

About the Rivers and Spires Festival

The 13th annual Rivers and Spires Festival will be held April 16th-18th, 2015 in Downtown Clarksville. This event has five stages of entertainment with over 100 entertainers performing all three days. From children’s activities, arts and crafts, car shows, military exhibits, shopping and so much more this is truly an event for the whole family. Admission to the Festival is free including all games, activities and concerts.

No Pets or Firearms at Festival.

For more information about Rivers and Spires contact Theresa Harrington at Theresa@visitclarksvilletn.com or visit us at www.riversandspires.com . Become a fan of us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter @RIVERSandSPIRES.