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| Emerald City Comic Con (ECCC) | |
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| Status | Active |
| Genre | comic |
| Venue | Seattle Convention Center |
| Location | Seattle, Washington |
| Country | USA |
| Inaugurated | 2003 |
| Attendance | 98,000 in 2019 |
| Organized by | ReedPop |
| Website | Official website |
TheEmerald City Comic Con(ECCC), formerly theEmerald City Comicon, is an annualcomic book convention taking place inSeattle, Washington. Originally taking place at the city'sQwest Field (first at West Field Plaza, then at the Event Center), the venue changed in 2008 to its current home at theSeattle Convention Center. The show expanded to a three-day event in 2011 and began using the entire convention center for the first time in 2013. In 2014, the Gaming portion of the show was moved to the third floor of the nearby Sheraton Seattle Hotel to make room for an expanded show floor.
The convention features a wide array of activities and programming including industry guests, various discussion panels, celebrity signings and photo opportunities, prize drawings, and costume contests. It features a large and lively Exhibitor's hall with comics retailers from across the entirePacific Northwest bringing a large stock of modern and vintage comics, as well as other products such as statues, action figures, models, etc.CCG,RPG, andtabletop gaming is supported in specific areas of the convention center.
The event began as the Emerald City ComiCon, a one-day event at theQwest Field Events Center in 2003. It was founded by comics retailer and comic book creatorJim Demonakos ofMukilteo, Washington, and broke even with an attendance of 3,000 people.[1] The event was acquired byReed Exhibitions in 2015, after it had grown into a multi-day event at theWashington State Convention Center.[2]
On March 6, 2020, ReedPop announced that the 2020 Emerald City Comic Con would be postponed from March 12–15 to August 21–23 because of theCOVID-19 pandemic, which had been spreading in the Seattle area for several weeks.[3][4] The rescheduled event was later cancelled in June and was replaced by a virtual event.[5]
In 2021, the convention resumed as an in-person event, scheduled for December 2-5, 2021.[6]
According to their website, ECCC 2024 brought in over 90,000 attendees and hosted over 900 events and panels and over 950 exhibitors and creators.
| Dates | Location | Attendance |
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| February 9, 2003 | Qwest Field - West Field Plaza Seattle, Washington | 2,500 |
| February 29, 2004 | Qwest Field - West Field Plaza Seattle, Washington | 3,000 |
| February 5–6, 2005 | Qwest Field Event Center Seattle, Washington | |
| April 1–2, 2006 | Qwest Field Event Center Seattle, Washington | |
| March 31–April 1, 2007 | Qwest Field Event Center Seattle, Washington | 7,000 |
| May 10–11, 2008 | Washington State Convention Center Seattle, Washington | 10,000 |
| April 4–5, 2009 | Washington State Convention Center Seattle, Washington | 13,000 |
| March 13–14, 2010 | Washington State Convention Center Seattle, Washington | 20,000 |
| March 4–6, 2011 | Washington State Convention Center Seattle, Washington | 32,000 |
| March 30–April 1, 2012 | Washington State Convention Center Seattle, Washington | 53,000 |
| March 1–3, 2013 | Washington State Convention Center Seattle, Washington | 64,000[7] |
| March 28–30, 2014 | Washington State Convention Center Seattle, Washington | 70,000[8] |
| March 27–29, 2015 | Washington State Convention Center Seattle, Washington | 80,000 |
| April 7–10, 2016 | Washington State Convention Center Seattle, Washington | 88,000[9] |
| March 2–5, 2017 | Washington State Convention Center Seattle, Washington | 91,000[10] |
| March 1–4, 2018 | Washington State Convention Center Seattle, Washington | 95,000[11] |
| March 14–17, 2019 | Washington State Convention Center Seattle, Washington | 98,000[12] |
| August 21–23, 2020[4] | Washington State Convention Center Seattle, Washington | Cancelled |
| December 2-5, 2021[6] | Washington State Convention Center Seattle, Washington | |
| August 18-21, 2022 | Washington State Convention Center Seattle, Washington | 75,000[13] |
| March 2-5, 2023 | Washington State Convention Center Seattle, Washington | |
| February 29- March 3, 2024 | Washington State Convention Center Seattle, Washington | 90,000+ |
| March 6-9, 2025 | Washington State Convention Center Seattle, Washington |
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