Oh where, oh where has my Comic-Con gone?
Is it possible that the tradition of attending Comic-Con in San Diego every summer will be coming to an end? If it’s up to the City of Anaheim, that could soon be the case.
Anaheim (the home of Disneyland) is located significantly closer to the studios that provide much of the high-budget glitch and content for the annual convention. And knowing that the contract between Comic-con and the San Diego Convention Center is coming ending in 2012, they have become the latest competitor trying to become Comic-con’s new home and beneficiary of the estimated $60+ million in revenue that the convention brings every year.
One of the biggest complaints about the San Diego convention (which is focused on super-heroes, science fiction and anime in every type of media imaginable), is the lack of space in San Diego. The Friday and Saturday attendee spots sell out well in advance, mainly because of the limited amount of square footage available.
San Diego is not giving up without a fight, though. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported that three hotels have put forward over 300,000 sq ft of space for the convention, without charge, for three years. I am sure that the board of Comic-Con does not want to leave San Diego, but they are going to have a tough decision.
