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Exactly, attendance peaked years ago. It hasn't eclipsed, it's plateaud. It can't get any bigger because the venue can't get any bigger. The crowds are bigger as the number of looky-loos has gone up significantly. Go see how many sites tell you how to hack comic-con. That is why the promo off sites are "huge". CCI had a chance to have a massive event of 200,00-250,000 attendees, but now it's stuck. The city is happy because there are those paying over $500 a night for rooms. But more and more of this spending does not benefit CCI.
Walking the Exhibit Hall on Saturday will make anyone hope for a day when SDCC becomes unpopular.If Marvel pulled their booth offsite at SDCC, that would free up most of the unpopular congestion inside the Hall. DC Comics, lately, created pop up signing booths at other shows, so maybe that'll be a possibility this year?
I think SDCC’s popularity amoung local SD residents without badges grows every year, especially with all the great off sites. Last year, Saturday was completely insane. So. Many. People.
Has SDCC started its descent in popularity/relevance?
I think also there are times when people need a break from whatever they are obsessing over and that includes comic con. Life gets in the way.
just gotta have set goals what u wanna do, or u be lost cause so much going on around u that u be loose track of ur goals at time.
Other events can help fill the gap...