Theoretical Impacts of an Otakon Move

[redneckotaku]

Yesterday Otakon announced that they were moving to the DC convention center. If you haven’t read the news, here’s the Press release on this: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2013-08-12/otakon-to-move-to-washington-dc-in-2017.

This will be a multi-focused looked at the possible impacts on this. This is a theoretical only piece and I

Comments

[psipsy]

It's gonna be a mess but people will still go because it's Otakon. And there will be people who WON'T go because it's Otakon. I think as long as the main players stick to their usual weekends, they can shuffle around geographically without causing any real problems.

From an attendee view it's going to upend all of the tried-and-true logistical tricks that have worked in Baltimore. We have three years to figure something out.

[psipsy]

AnimeUSA will be back in October next year. I'll be honest, I was horrified by the move to September and thought it was almost suicidal.

Going to the Wardman wasn't exactly a favorite move either but staying at the Hyatt would have been worse. They kept doing renovations and changing things around to the detriment of the convention.

[redneckotaku]

I can understand your thoughts on this. I think the con that would benefit from a Baltimore move the most is Katsucon. I don't work for Katsucon. It would be in a downtown center and probably at a better price for hotels due to a February date.