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nagashi
Posts: 78 Location: michigan |
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Wow, some people get the title of CEO in the con world? I'm missing out! We just have a con chair and department heads at the cons I work at (pretty much all of them in ohio).
That sucks though for those communities =/ |
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RadicaLElly
 Posts: 194 Location: Coral Springs, FL |
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I'm guessing with Anime Express its more due to the problems with ERAU, because I have NEVER heard of a torando causing any damage in Florida. We're too flat for them to touch ground, all we get is a slightly stronger breeze.
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Buster Blader 126
 Posts: 1207 Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
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Ugh, the Garden City Anime Anime Festival is cancelled again?
Bummer. I wanted to go this year, as I used to live there, and would've taken the opportunity to see friends and old accquaintances again. -_- |
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GATSU
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The Cali anime scene simply blows right now.
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Zac
ANN Executive Editor
 Posts: 7912 Location: Anime News Network Technodrome |
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I went to Gen Con So Cal last year and attendance was pretty sparse; there really wasn't anyone there, but they'd booked massive sections of the Anaheim convention center.
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Futagi
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Actually, I was visiting my family about 60 miles south of the Daytona area during Christmas break and a tornado did indeed hit the Daytona area on Christmas day, no less. Tornadoes are actually quite common in Florida, I think the state is something like #3 in the amount of tornadoes that hit every year.
In any case, I feel kinda bad for the people who run Anime Express. That's the risk of having conventions with school's help though, you risk having the school see you in a bad light if the convention attendees act up. |
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britannicamoore
 Posts: 2618 Location: Out. |
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i'm sorry but "Christmas tornado" makes me thing of a happy tornado with an christmas hat. Not something that casues reconstrcution.
How sad- i'e never been to any of these cons, I feel bad for those who attend them. |
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CCSYueh
 Posts: 2707 Location: San Diego, CA |
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The economy is likely hitting a bust cycle & the first thing to suffer is often entertainment when belts tighten. Comic-con is huge & covers the entire field(lots of gaming booths). Anime Expo I assume has a certain amount of it, although I've never been (because I can't afford 2 cons in 1 yr & I don't need a hotel room for Comic-con). For awhile, we're probably going to see a lot of smaller cons cancel or merge with others to save overhead |
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coffee
 Posts: 170 Location: Florida |
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The tornado really did happen, it damaged a LOT of buildings and a couple dozen planes. Yes, I went and saw the damage myself, and it's pretty serious. |
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BlaqNumbr9
 Posts: 155 Location: Bowing before the Master... |
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HHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!!!! That's a GREAT line! |
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fighterholic
Posts: 9193 |
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So is that why AX is in Long Beach this year? |
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Zac
ANN Executive Editor
Posts: 7912 Location: Anime News Network Technodrome |
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No, not at all. the Anaheim con center is booked many years in advance and the Shriners, i believe, booked it for 2007 a long time ago. |
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Dachande
 Posts: 89 Location: Savannah, Ga |
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You know when I saw "Garden City Anime Festival" I nearly crapped my pants cause I live in Garden City, Georgia.
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Buster Blader 126
Posts: 1207 Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
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I couldn't help but smile when I read your comment. 
I believe they use the "Garden City" tag, because St. Catharines is known as the "Garden City." in the Niagara Peninsulia, AKA that little thing that sticks out of Canada by the Great Lakes. 
From an outsider's point of view, I'm actually a little surprised that the Gen Con So Cal convention would have such a small turnout. 
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Redbeard 101
Oscar the Grouch
Forums Superstar  Posts: 16963 |
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Who makes the decision to cancel cons anyway? I know cons have con chairs and the people running different departments but is there one person in writing that has the power to do that on a whim? Just curious
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