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Important Information Regarding Programs and Autographs at Comic-Con
All event and program rooms have limited capacity as set by the Fire Marshal. Even though your badge
is needed to get into all events, it does not guarantee you access to any event if it has reached its
capacity. We do not clear rooms between events. Most autograph signings are of a limited nature.
Your badge does not guarantee autographs at any event.
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For Immediate Release
Comic-Con to Stay in San Diego
Organization considered other California cities to accommodate growing demand
SAN DIEGO -- Comic-Con International: San Diego (Comic-Con), the largest comics
convention of its kind in the world, today announced it will be staying in San
Diego for the foreseeable future.
Comic-Con reached a self-imposed attendance limit at the San Diego Convention
Center (SDCC) in 2007 and has had to cap attendance at approximately 125,000
people each year since. In looking at ways to better accommodate the growing
demand from attendees and exhibitors, the nonprofit organization considered
proposals for a move to larger facilities in Los Angeles or Anaheim after the
expiration of its SDCC lease in 2012. This decision keeps Comic-Con in San Diego
through 2015.
"We are grateful for the tireless efforts all three cities put into to their
proposals," said David Glanzer, Comic-Con's director of marketing and public
relations. "In the end, we feel this decision is the best for all those who
attend Comic-Con and for the organization itself. We are happy that the
community has worked with us to ensure that we remain here."
Comic-Con was first held in 1970 at the U.S. Grant Hotel, where it attracted 300
people. As the event grew, subsequent homes included the downtown El Cortez
Hotel in the 1970s and the San Diego Convention and Performing Arts Center in
the 1980s. Comic-Con moved to the then newly built SDCC in 1991. Comic-Con
celebrated its 41st year in 2010.
The San Diego Convention Center Corporation has scheduled a press conference for
Friday, October 1 at 11:45 a.m. at Lobby E of the convention center.
About Comic-Con International:
Comic-Con International: San Diego (Comic-Con), the largest convention of its
kind in the world, is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to creating
awareness of, and appreciation for, comics and related popular artforms,
primarily through the presentation of conventions and events that celebrate the
historic and ongoing contribution of comics to art and culture. In addition to
its San Diego convention each summer, Comic-Con organizes the San
Francisco–based WonderCon each spring and Alternative Press Expo each fall. On
the web: Comic-Con.org,
Facebook.com/comiccon,
Twitter.com/comic_con.
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