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One change in the mix of attendees this year was that Reed reduced the number of three day passes it sold, which allowed it to get a greater number of new people into the show every day. That’s a trend that may be expanded next year in order to continue to increase the number of people that can attend the show.
I was a little surprised with the figure myself when I read. Having been to both I do not think they could have that many people there on any one day. Granted the place was packed in some areas and there was a good turnout of attendees. I think a deeper dive into the stats should be provided - like per day attendance, total tickets per category, etc. IMHO SDCC takes the cake for biggest and best.
Thanks! Me and another girl actually made that infographic. =)We learned from this article - and I think there was another article, but I can't for the life of me find it tonight - (You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login) that:Which, what we think that means is, rather than selling a three-day-pass to one person and counting it as one attendee, they sold three one-day-passes and counted it as three, even if it was one, two, or three different people buying those passes. Which helps to pad the numbers. Like, a lot.
Is the Anime programming percentage so high (compared to other shows) because you counted the anime movie schedules as a programming track?
That's not the attendance per day - it's per con, or per ticket. SDCC doesn't have 134,000 people inside it on one day either (now, they may if you include the people outside as well without a badge, but that would be impossible to count). The attendance per day is probably somewhere between 50-70K per day, depending on the day.
a couple of additional facts/impressionsthe total amt of folks allowed into the sd convention center is 135,000. i read this as a per day rate.the Javits is **not** set up as well as sd convention center with the escalators, add on rooms & split level. Personally, i really dislike the Javits- love NYCC but the venue is a pain. I think this contributes to the perception difference which makes perception a tricky argument. Plus, sd convention center has the ability to spill outside. I tend to go outside on the back porch/steps for a break this wasn't possible at the javits.
You'd have to add in Hall H as well I'd think. Plus would you count the hotel space that's used?