Comic Con Anaheim, LA, Vegas or San Diego

[Q]

Top Choice: San Diego
Second Choice: Anaheim
Third Choice: Los Angeles
Fourth Choice: Vegas

 

[Bodie The Cursed]

last choice los angeles.. to many unsavories..

onhard

 

[TOE]

F*^K THAT!

you're always welcome to stay at my place, King. Comic con or not *wink*

 

[The Ween]

The last time I was in Vegas I got around pretty easily. It wasn't at a stand still.

 

[EXOTICLEX]

I would def go if it were in Vegas

 

[tomandshell]

They need a bigger convention center with bigger halls to hold several thousand more people in the panels. They need more hotels. They need more parking. They need a setting that is more open and accessible and not crammed on the edge of a marina. They need a location with four lane roads extending to and from in all directions.

Comic Con has outgrown San Diego. Move it someplace that will allow them to sell another 25 thousand passes (minimum) and still give everyone a breezier and roomier experience. They have built all the momentum they can in San Diego--and now they have run into the brick wall of growth and it's just going to be faster and faster ticket sellouts until they find a bigger and better venue. It cannot and will not grow in San Diego. To take it to the next level, it has to move on.

 

[Deadly Dagger]

https://www.facebook.com/ComicCon2013

 

[Deadly Dagger]

Los Angeles … Has an Incredible Selection of Affordable Hotels
According to a survey conducted by Smith Travel Research, LA ranks as one of the most affordable top U.S. markets with an average daily room rate of $114 — well below the averages for San Diego, San Francisco and Chicago.

When it comes to inventory, LA has twice as many hotels as both San Diego and Anaheim.

 

[Deadly Dagger]

Los Angeles … Simply has More Space
With more than 900,000 square feet of exhibit and meeting space, the Los Angeles Convention Center (LACC) alone has 100,000 more square feet to offer Comic-Con than the current San Diego convention center. Not to mention, there are 15,000 parking spaces within half a mile of the LACC. Whether or not San Diego expands their convention center, the LACC stands out amongst all the convention centers in the nation thanks to the recent add-on of the adjacent 4,000,000-square-foot sports, entertainment and residential district ... L.A. LIVE.

 

[Mesa]

So that's just a request/plea to move to LA, yes?



More I think about it, I would totally love it if it was in Vegas, but I don't think it will happen. Vegas is catered more towards adults, so I don't know if you would want to alienate everyone who attended comic con that is under the age of 18.

 

[Deadly Dagger]

LET'S DO THIS!

 

[King Darkness]

you're always welcome to stay at my place, King. Comic con or not *wink*

 

[devilof76]

my girlfrend paid over $600.00 for 2 nights close to the convention center.

Omni was $280 a night for four days. Not bad at all considering.

We stayed in the Hard Rock again this year (because now I'm spoiled and won't stay anywhere else for SDCC if I can help it ). The total: $1344, for 4 nights.

And the problem isn't necessarily the rates, but that the city won't strong arm the hotels into opening up more blocks of rooms at those "lower" rates. Their greed may just end up forcing the con to move and then everyone loses (especially the SD hotels).

This summer, the hotel I work at was selling out at $329 a night (+7% lodging tax). But, Portland, Maine attracts money this time of year. We probably could have charged more. I personally sold rooms to walk-in guests as high as $369.

 

[GrueSam]

Los Angeles … Has an Incredible Selection of Affordable Hotels
According to a survey conducted by Smith Travel Research, LA ranks as one of the most affordable top U.S. markets with an average daily room rate of $114 — well below the averages for San Diego, San Francisco and Chicago.

When it comes to inventory, LA has twice as many hotels as both San Diego and Anaheim.

But they are much much more spread out than SD. People would have to take our massively sucky public transpo, expensive cabs or drive. And our traffic is world-renowned.
And, to me, that's one of the nicest things about SDCC week- 4 whole days of no work and *No Driving!*
Plus, in SD, all the hotels jack up their rates for a convention. The exorbitant prices people pay during SDCC is *not* the normal rates. They're almost double. Do you really think we wouldn't have the same problem in LA? Or in any other city?

Regardless, as I understand it, San Diego is already in the process of expanding the convention center. SDCC may have to go elsewhere for a year or two but it is supposedly supposed to return to SD.

 

[Darth Snoopy]

But they are much much more spread out than SD. People would have to take our massively sucky public transpo, expensive cabs or drive. And our traffic is world-renowned.
And, to me, that's one of the nicest things about SDCC week- 4 whole days of no work and *No Driving!*

Everyone knows, especially Los Angelenos, that the traffic in LA epically SUCKS.

No offense, Los Angelenos, but I hope it never goes to LA.

Plus, in SD, all the hotels jack up their rates for a convention. The exorbitant prices people pay during SDCC is *not* the normal rates. They're almost double. Do you really think we wouldn't have the same problem in LA? Or in any other city?

I think the problem would be worse in LA, Sam. JMO.

[/quote]Regardless, as I understand it, San Diego is already in the process of expanding the convention center. SDCC may have to go elsewhere for a year or two but it is supposedly supposed to return to SD. [/QUOTE]

Oh God I hope so!

 

[automaton]

yes, the traffic often sucks here in LA... but part of it is because there are so many places to go and so much to do.

 

[GrueSam]

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[Bodie The Cursed]

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[GrueSam]

 

[LaMelnik]

Well Bodie just clarified that one.