CCI Sells Out of Four-Day Memberships

As they practically guaranteed would happen, Comic-Con International has sold out of its first sets of badges related to attendance at the show, which starts a week from Wednesday with a Preview Night. According to David Glanzer's press release, four-day memberships are no longer available. The release goes on to promise that other memberships, such as one-day badges for Friday and Saturday, may sell out before the show starts. So if you're planning on going, nail down your attendance right now.

One thing that should probably be natured is that because the Con negotiates the last attendance spots in a way to facilitate a number of different kinds of entry points into the con, the selling out of four-day passes indicates a sell-out of the allotment that fits into their overall strategy, not a sign that the convention is now right at this moment packed and bursting to the seams. Thus the other tickets' availability, and that you can get to all four days without having a four-day pass. Well, for now.

The interesting thing from a step-back-and-look perspective is that selling out of even some of the memberships before the show -- for the first time -- is pretty extraordinary given that it shows the con's continued growth and momentum. The convention has a likely five years or so left in its commitment to San Diego and their convention center. This makes me think that someone is cooking up a plan to release some of the attendance problems like a pressure valve, maybe through a second site, although I'm not particularly certain how that could be done. Or maybe we're due five years of sell-outs, earlier and earlier in the calendar year. Or maybe there will be an industry-wide scaledown, like with the video people. Or maybe there were will be a release of pressure from the Hollywood end of things as a certain type of fantasy film hits the down part of its popularity cycle. It should be fun to watch.

In other con news, the Comics Journal has released their publisher and creator appearance guide, if you want to find out what some of your favorite alt- and indy-comics entities will be up to at the show.
 
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