http://www.otakon.com/
Place: Baltimore, Maryland
Dates: August 19-21, 2005
Price: $50 at the con. Pre-registration highly suggested (see below).
"For the first time in our existence, Otakon is announcing that we will cap our attendance. For Otakon 2005, we will limit our memberships to 22,000.
"This action is necessary primarily for reasons of safety and crowd control. We are approaching the physical limits of our space, which...raises the possibility that a cap will be ordered by either the BCC or city officials."
Also, preregistrations are now nonrefundable, and one-day passes will not be sold.
Info from
http://www.otakon.com/news_article.asp?id=67.
I am not planning on going to Otakon, but we may be able to host the usual suspects in the new apartment down in Louisville (90 miles south of my current place of living). They will need to arrange their own transportation--it has been suggested to fly into Baltimore out of one of the local airports (Louisville, Lexington, Cincinnati, Dayton).
Personally, however, I might suggest finding smaller cons, in more agreeable locations, with better dates. <p>
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