Gateway Center staff has been known to go all out for Halloween. We have costume parties, we decorate our offices, and we pull scary pranks on each other. BOO!

So, when it was time to pick a theme for this year's Gateway Center sponsored ChamberNet, a Halloween themed event was a no-brainer!

We have been planning out our costumes, creating a scary menu, and gathering spooky decor including vampire coffins! Special thanks to A-1 Party & Wedding Rental in Collinsville and the Waterloo Sportsman's Club for allowing us to borrow decor.

We are ready to impress (and scare) our guests at ChamberNet next week!

ChamberNet 2009 at Gateway Center Graveyard
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
5 PM until 7 PM

Network with people from all over the Metro East area at ChamberNet 2009!

Free Admission Free Food & Drinks Free Parking Attendance Prizes Costume Contest

Participating Chambers are: Chamber of Commerce of Southwestern Madison County, Collinsville, Edwardsville/Glen Carbon, Fairview Heights, Greater Belleville, Mascoutah, O'Fallon, River Bend Growth Association, Troy/Maryville/St. Jacob, and Waterloo.

Halloween costumes are being strongly recommended, but not required. We are going to have a Costume Contest with fun prizes.

Chewbacca Visits Archon 33 in Collinsville!

The mighty wookie Chebacca is coming to Collinsville! Peter Mayhew AKA Chewbacca from Star Wars is one of the Guests of Honor at Archon 33 Science Fiction/Fantasy Convention this weekend at Gateway Center.

Archon has been held each October at Gateway Center in Collinsville for 15 years. The convention draws thousands of often-costumed sci-fi, fantasy and comic book fans for three days of games, shows, workshops, celebrity autographs and seminars. Topics run the gamut from Star Trek, vampires and monsters to Harry Potter, aliens and superheroes.

The Archon Convention is something that the staff at Gateway Center looks forward to each year. Some of the costumes that the attendees wear are so elaborate, it's amazing! Personally speaking, it always makes me excited for Halloween!

For more details, check out their website: http://www.archonstl.org/33/index.php