According to Variety, The San Diego Comic-Con will remain in San Diego for at least the next 4 years. Comic-Con International has always been in San Diego. But overcrowding and solicitations from other cities had caused speculation that Comic-Con International could find a new home. San Diego has signed a deal through 2016 to keep Comic-Con in San Diego.
Part of that deal was contingent upon San Diego expanding its now cramped convention center during the Con, forcing the show to flow into exhibit space at neighboring hotels like the Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego Marriott and Hilton San Diego Bayfront that have offered 300,000 square feet through 2015.
San Diego officials on Monday officially agreed to greenlight a $500 million expansion of the San Diego Convention Center, with construction expected to begin next year for the new facility to be ready for 2016. (via Variety)
This new deal could secure San Diego mega geek gathering for the foreseeable future.
As a long time comic book fan, I can remember the ads in the back of comics for the SDCC. I have wanted to attend from the first time read about it. To date, I have not made my way to San Diego in July for the convention. I had plans to attend a couple of years ago but I was unable to score tickets. I hope to attend in 2013 as a representative of Geeky KOOL.
