* the show of which I'm a part, Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC), has announced its dates through 2019. This doesn't get done a whole lot but a combination of a giant council of supporting institutions and Ohio State home football games makes it a requirement for us.
* this article is fascinating enough to be worth its own bullet point here as opposed to simply being a collective memory entry: Ben Templesmith set up at a location remote to the convention center and conducted all of his regular con business at his own speed and at a much lower cost than he would have had to pay setting up inside. I don't see any reason why this couldn't catch on with a lot of people, although classically counter-con efforts have a low capacity in terms of those that can be involved, and I have no idea if the con would even want to try and do anything about it.
