ADVISORY/Best Buy Brings Fun Zone to the Chicago Blues Fest; Fully-Equipped Vehicle Takes Technology, Fun on the Road.Entertainment Editors/Feature Editors/Assignment Desks ADVISORY...for Thursday-Sunday (May 29-June 1) --(BUSINESS WIRE)
What: The Best Buy Fun Zone, a mobile marketing and entertainment
destination, is available for media tours.
The Fun Zone creates the environment of a fully networked home
within the interior of a 53-foot trailer. The truck showcases
the latest technology offered at Best Buy stores, including
products for creating a state-of-the-art gaming room, kitchen,
and high definition home theater. Products featured in the Fun
Zone include high definition plasma TVs and audio systems that
can transform your living room into a state-of-the-art home
theater. Visitors can also experience the latest in computers,
gaming, mobile electronics, high-speed internet and appliances
that offer amazing features and benefits to the homeowner.
The traveling Fun Zone features:
-- A series of 14 monitors that show the superior picture
quality and clarity of flat-panel LCD and high definition
plasma TV, using video streamed through an advanced
audio/video/Internet network
-- A satellite 2-way high speed Internet connection for
ultra-fast Web surfing
-- An expandable stage for concerts and events
People who come to the Chicago Blues Fest can tour the Fun
Zone to discover new ways to integrate technology into their
lives and make their time more fun and productive.
Where: Grant Park - Downtown Chicago 300 S. Columbus Dr.
When: Thursday, May 29 - Sunday, June 1 from 12 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Interviews: Reporters and photographers welcome. Call contact to
arrange interviews.
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