The Greater Seattle Pokémon League Cup & TCG Marketplace lands at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue on Saturday, August 22, 2026, pairing official Play! Pokémon League Cup competition with a full Pokémon and trading card marketplace under one roof. For Pacific Northwest Pokémon fans, this is a chance to earn Championship Points toward Regional and International invitations while shopping one of the largest single-day TCG vendor floors in the Seattle metro. Held a quick fifteen minutes across Lake Washington from downtown Seattle, the event draws competitors and collectors from Seattle, Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, Renton, Tacoma, and across King and Snohomish counties.
The competitive side runs sanctioned Pokémon TCG League Cup brackets across Masters, Seniors, and Juniors divisions in the current Standard format, with side events including League Challenges, Win-A-Box satellites, and casual play space throughout the day. Players earn Championship Points and Pokémon TCG Live codes, and exclusive promo cards are distributed to entrants while supplies last. Alongside the play area, the marketplace floor hosts major Pokémon vendors with deep singles inventory — vintage WOTC Base Set, Jungle, Fossil, Team Rocket, Neo, and Skyridge through EX-era and Diamond & Pearl nostalgia, modern Scarlet & Violet hits, Japanese exclusives, promos, jumbo cards, alt-arts, and graded slabs from PSA, BGS, CGC, and SGC. Sealed booster boxes, elite trainer boxes, sleeves, deck boxes, playmats, and tournament-legal supplies are available all day, and several tables also carry Magic: The Gathering, One Piece TCG, Disney Lorcana, and Yu-Gi-Oh! singles for cross-game collectors.
Doors open at 9:00 AM PDT with tournament registration, and League Cup rounds typically run from late morning through mid-to-late afternoon depending on attendance. Tournament entry is handled on-site and through the official Play! Pokémon registration system, with a modest entry fee of around $10 to $15; spectator and marketplace-only admission is free. Children compete in the Junior division with parent or guardian supervision, making this a genuinely family-friendly event.
The Meydenbauer Center is located at 11100 NE 6th Street, Bellevue, WA 98004, directly off I-405 and a short walk from the Bellevue Downtown light rail station and Bellevue Transit Center. The venue is climate-controlled, ADA-accessible, and laid out across modern convention floors with wide aisles. Paid parking is available in the attached garage, and the Bellevue Collection shopping and dining district sits just a few blocks away.
This event fits competitive Pokémon players chasing Championship Points first, but it's equally rewarding for collectors hunting singles and slabs, casual players looking for friendly games, and families with young Junior-division trainers. First-timers will find a welcoming organizer team and plenty of demo and casual play space to learn the current format.
For the best experience, register early through the Play! Pokémon portal, bring a tournament-legal deck list, sleeves, dice, and damage counters, and arrive by 9:00 AM to beat registration lines. Marketplace shoppers should bring cash plus Venmo and Zelle backups and a want list of the singles and slabs they're chasing. Follow @PlayPokemon and local Seattle-area Pokémon league pages on Instagram and Facebook for schedule confirmations and vendor announcements.