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The entire facility was renamed to the Seattle Convention Center in 2022, with the first two buildings named "Arch" and the second expansion named "Summit". The convention center's largest annual events include PAX West (formerly the Penny Arcade Expo), Emerald City Comic Con, Sakura-Con, and the Northwest Flower and Garden Show.
Banner across the convention center's escalators leading to the event at the 2008 event The event began as the Emerald City ComiCon, a one-day event at the Qwest Field Events Center in 2003. It was founded by comics retailer and comic book creator Jim Demonakos of Mukilteo, Washington , and broke even with an attendance of 3,000 people. [ 1 ]
Dragonflight (known as Dragonflight GameCon since 2023) [1] is a three-day gaming convention run by a corporation that is also called Dragonflight. [2] It's held over the last weekend of August. The first Dragonflight was in 1980.
Seattle Convention Center: Seattle: Washington: 485,150 sq ft (45,072 m 2) 988,422 sq ft (91,827.4 m 2) Boston Convention and Exhibition Center: Boston: Massachusetts: 516,000 sq ft (47,900 m 2) 976,000 sq ft (90,700 m 2) Phoenix Convention Center: Phoenix: Arizona: 312,000 sq ft (29,000 m 2) 900,000 sq ft (84,000 m 2) Austin Convention Center ...
In 2010, the first PAX East was held at the Hynes Convention Center on March 26–28, 2010 ( – ), drawing 52,290 attendees. The first PAX Prime drew 67,600 attendees in 2010. PAX East moved to Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in 2011; a 2012 agreement cemented Boston as the home of PAX East until 2023. [5]
Sakura-Con is an annual three-day anime convention held during March or April at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington.The convention, which is traditionally held over Easter weekend, is the largest anime convention in the Northwest. [4]
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Combination of in-person event in Seattle and digital/online participation. 2023 In Seattle: November 14–17; Online dates: November 15–16 Combination of in-person event, again in Seattle, and digital/online participation. This will be the first Microsoft event at the new Summit building at the Seattle Convention Center. [8] 2024