Londubh
01-11-2008, 12:31 AM
Relaying information. Bolding is mine.
An open letter to all comic-con attendees, exhibitors, and professionals:
If you were a part of comic-con international in 2007, you already know it was the most successful year ever for the event. With 125,000 attendees, professionals, and exhibitors at the show, Comic-Con topped all previous records for attendance.
More importantly, for the first time ever, memberships for comic-con sold out on a number of days. Initially, four-day memberships sold out, quickly followed by Saturday one-day memberships, then Friday, and finally Sunday memberships as well.
Because of concerns for overcrowding, Comic-Con limited the number of memberships sold. What this means is that we were not able to sell any four-day or one-day memberships for those at the door.
Online registration is now open. Because of this, we expect to sell out of all memberships - four-day and one-day prior to comic-con. If you want to attend the show, it's important that you register now. We expect registration to sell out again this year, and at this point in time, we do not plan to sell any attendee membership badges onsite at comic-con 2008 for the convention.
As we continue to work on issues of crowding and space, comic-con's primary concern is safety and your experience at our event. We strongly urge you to register online now, where we are currently offering four-day memberships. It's fast, easy and the best way to get your information to us correctly and quickly. Visit www.comic-con.org to register online. One-day memberships will be available online as we get closer to the event.
And while we have your attention, we'd like to clear up a rumor that keeps circulating each and every year. We are NOT moving out of San Diego for the forseeable future. Comic-Con has signed contracts with the San Diego Convention Center through the year 2012. For the next five years (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012), we will still be at "home" in beautiful San Diego. No matter what you hear elsewhere - and a lot of you have heard this - San Diego is comic-con's home for at least the next five summers.
Without your incredible support and enthusiasm, comic-con would certainly not exist. We thank you for your continued attendance and participation in this event. Stay tuned, because as someone once said, "you ain't seen nuthin yet!"
An open letter to all comic-con attendees, exhibitors, and professionals:
If you were a part of comic-con international in 2007, you already know it was the most successful year ever for the event. With 125,000 attendees, professionals, and exhibitors at the show, Comic-Con topped all previous records for attendance.
More importantly, for the first time ever, memberships for comic-con sold out on a number of days. Initially, four-day memberships sold out, quickly followed by Saturday one-day memberships, then Friday, and finally Sunday memberships as well.
Because of concerns for overcrowding, Comic-Con limited the number of memberships sold. What this means is that we were not able to sell any four-day or one-day memberships for those at the door.
Online registration is now open. Because of this, we expect to sell out of all memberships - four-day and one-day prior to comic-con. If you want to attend the show, it's important that you register now. We expect registration to sell out again this year, and at this point in time, we do not plan to sell any attendee membership badges onsite at comic-con 2008 for the convention.
As we continue to work on issues of crowding and space, comic-con's primary concern is safety and your experience at our event. We strongly urge you to register online now, where we are currently offering four-day memberships. It's fast, easy and the best way to get your information to us correctly and quickly. Visit www.comic-con.org to register online. One-day memberships will be available online as we get closer to the event.
And while we have your attention, we'd like to clear up a rumor that keeps circulating each and every year. We are NOT moving out of San Diego for the forseeable future. Comic-Con has signed contracts with the San Diego Convention Center through the year 2012. For the next five years (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012), we will still be at "home" in beautiful San Diego. No matter what you hear elsewhere - and a lot of you have heard this - San Diego is comic-con's home for at least the next five summers.
Without your incredible support and enthusiasm, comic-con would certainly not exist. We thank you for your continued attendance and participation in this event. Stay tuned, because as someone once said, "you ain't seen nuthin yet!"