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Does anyone know if they've been anywhere else besides when they did NYCC a few years ago? It was maybe 4 or 5 years ago, and they just had a merchandise booth on the floor and periodic smiles for a cause during the con there but no panels.
They hosted a celebrity ski event a few years ago. I remember seeing it on TV.
But... Comic-Con has no problem selling out every year, and the offsites only draw more people to town, a lot of whom try for badges. And Comic-Con would really prefer NOT to have overnight lines, they just have no idea how to fix it.Also, as far as I know, CCI has no agreements whatsoever with the celebrities who attend (except for the few Special Guests, and most of those aren't "celebrities", really). Actors/creators attend because their studios send them as part of their promotional obligations. The studios decide what properties they feel like promoting - and more promotion is almost always good.I'm not saying CCI had nothing to do with the end of Conival and NerdHQ - but if they did, their reasoning had to have been a lot more complex than just an aversion to competition.
The easy way for CCI to combat things like NerdHQ and Conival would be through studios. They can pressure the studios for more control of the talent by dictating that they can't promote at both CCI and outside events but if they choose CCI, they can ensure panel space and advertising assistance. From there the studios control where talent can appear through promotion clauses in contracts. The media range of an SDCC panel promotion will always be wider than a mini-event nearby so it becomes a no brainer. You may get one off celebs who aren't promoting anything currently and willing to show up but it's doubtful you could fill 4 days with these celebs, certainly not if you're a non-profit using pay panels to offset costs and still having money for donation.
I think CCI wants to get rid of overnight lines. I think the studios do not, exactly because of the buzz [member=6586]chocolateshake[/member] mentioned.
Which means there had to be more to it than that - like the City of San Diego getting involved, either with permitting or use of public space or requiring fees to the police to cover all the extra security, etc. Or they put that cost on the venues so now the space rentals are even more astronomically expensive.
Have you guys wonder maybe he is too busy doing Shazam and being a movie star instead?