What’s so special about San Diego Comic-Con: International? Let us count the ways.
5: People who have attended every San Diego Comic-Con: Jackie Estrada, Eisner Awards administrator; Mark Evanier, comic book and TV writer; Gene Henderson, former Comic-Con board member; Bud Plant, exhibitor; and William Stout, artist.
10: Consecutive years Comic-Con has sold out.
27: Years Comic-Con has been held in the San Diego Convention Center.
30: Years since the debut of the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, now conferred annually at Comic-Con .
48: Years Comic-Con has been held in San Diego.
56: Special guests honored at this year’s Con, from Sergio Aragones (MAD magazine cartoonist) to Liz Suburbia, writer/artist of “Sacred Heart,” a graphic novel for young adults.
300: Estimated attendance at the first Con.
559: Rate, in dollars, for a deluxe king room at the Omni San Diego Hotel for July 19, Preview Night.
10,000: New vinyl folding chairs recently installed in the Convention Center.
62,922: Hotel room nights
130,000-plus: Expected attendance at this year’s Con.
208,894: In dollars, salary of Comic-Con chief operating officer John Rogers in 2014 (the most recent reported year)
2,980,000: In dollars, annual tax revenues
19,800,838: In dollars, total revenues for 2014 (the most recent reported year)
82,800,000: In dollars, annual spending by attendees
140,000,000: In dollars, the current Comic-Con’s estimated economic impact.
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