The first Call of Duty XP event was held in 2011 to promote '' Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 3 '' and its multiplayer mode as well as the series ' online service Call of Duty : Elite . Also at the event was a $ 1,000,000 tournament featuring competitive '' Call of Duty '' teams . For the 2016 event , select people within the '' Call of Duty '' community who had covered the game multiple times received a surprise envelope from Activision , the publisher of '' Call of Duty '' , in early June 2016 . These envelopes were not to be open until the day after it was received . Once opened , a ticket to the Call of Duty XP 2016 event was revealed as the envelope 's contents . Call of Duty XP 2016 took place at The Forum , an arena in Inglewood , California . The convention was held from September 2 to September 4 , 2016 . It had three ticket packages ; Enlisted ( $ 49 ) , Veteran ( $ 129 ) , and Prestige ( $ 199 ) , with each package tier offering more content ( i.e. only the Veteran and Prestige tiers have the Care Package bonus and only the Prestige tier has the VIP Lounge access bonus ) . Each tier , however , features bonus digital content for both '' Call of Duty : Black Ops III '' and '' Call of Duty : Infinite Warfare ''
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