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Fan Expo Chicago (formerly Wizard World Chicago Comic Con, and commonly known as the Chicago Comicon), is a comic book convention held during the summer in Rosemont, Illinois, United States, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. It was traditionally a three-day event (Friday through Sunday), but in 2006, it expanded to four days ...
Chicago TARDIS is an annual North American science fiction convention focusing on the British television series Doctor Who and related programs, held the weekend after Thanksgiving in Chicago. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] This event has been rated among the top five conventions for fans of Doctor Who living in the United States. [ 2 ]
Fan Expo is a group of fan conventions operated by Fan Expo HQ, a unit of the Informa Connect division of Informa plc.Most of its events are run under the Fan Expo brand, which stems from its namesake, the Toronto-based Fan Expo Canada.
The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) is fan convention dedicated to comics, pop culture, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, toys, movies, and television held annually in Chicago. [1] The inaugural event was held April 16–18, 2010 at the McCormick Place in Chicago .
A Star Trek "Grand Slam" event was held in Pasadena in March 2004. [ 24 ] Creation Entertainment's Stargate SG-1 conventions were marketed as "The Official Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis Tour", which mostly took place in the United States until the company acquired the SG-1 license for Vancouver, British Columbia, conventions in 2005.
The Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, formerly known as the Rosemont/O'Hare Exposition Center, is a convention center located in Rosemont, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Built in 1975, the center has exhibition space of 840,000 sq ft (78,000 m 2 ) and parking available via a Skybridge connected parking garage, which is able to accommodate ...
McCormick Place is a convention center in Chicago. It is the largest convention center in North America. [2] It consists of four interconnected buildings and one indoor arena sited on and near the shore of Lake Michigan, about 2 mi (3.2 km) south of the Chicago Loop. McCormick Place hosts numerous trade shows and meetings.
July 23, 2011: The arena again hosted the CoverGirl Classic event for USA Gymnastics, its second consecutive year as the venue. [14] May 23–24, 2012: The arena hosted the first two days of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates. The event was held simultaneous to the meeting of NATO leaders in the 2012 Chicago summit. [15] [16]