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If you spent any time at all at New York Comic Con last weekend, you know there were lots and lots and LOTS of people crowding the Javits Center on the west edge of Manhattan. Official attendance numbers now confirm that observation. ReedPop just confirmed to me that the official attendance at the show topped 167,000 people for the four day event.That figure tops last year’s announced attendance of more than 150,000. ReedPop attributes the increase to the expansion of the convention to offsite locations, principally the Hammerstein Ballroom, a 12,000 square foot facility on west 34th street nearby the Javits Center that hosted programs on Friday and Saturday. It does not include attendance at various “Super Week” events around the city held in conjunction with the show, which did not require an NYCC badge or admission.ReedPop counts unique attendees per day, not badges sold. People with multi-day badges are counted for each day they attend. The 167,000 attendance figure means 167,000 individual daily admissions over the course of the four days of the convention.more @You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login
A nice balanced analysis of the difference in how the con's count attendees. In addition to the recognition that this year's nycc had a larger attendance then 2014.
“The reality is we have well over 130,000 attendees to our show (our badges have names on them) so a four day badge holder is counted as one unique attendee,” says David Glanzer, Director of Marketing and PR for San Diego Comic-Con. “This was considered a benefit to exhibitors because it would let them know how many people they could encounter over the course of the event. If we counted unique attendees per day, our number would be way in excess of 300,000 attendees.”
I have to hang my artwork in the art show on Wednesday and pack up what's left on Sunday (I'm also carting some non attending artists' work) but I'll keep meet ups in mind!
The only financial winners of comic cons are the organizers and nearby hotels, followed by celebrities, big name vendors, and surrounding/participating venues.