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The countdown is on for BravoCon. In one month, Bravoholics from across the world will descend on New York City's Javits Center for a one-of-a-kind weekend, bringing them face to face with more ...
In 2024, the convention moved to August and used the full main building of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. [38] This was an increase of around 250,000 square feet in comparison to the 2023 event. [39] Attendance also increased significantly in 2024, reaching 101,000. [40]
In 2021, the Javits Center was used as a COVID-19 mass vaccination site; on three consecutive days in March 2021, the location set a national record for number of vaccinations administered in a single day (reaching up to 14,000 people). [88] [89] The COVID-19 pandemic had started just as the Javits Center expansion was being completed.
Great Eastern Conventions, Inc. was an entertainment company that produced comic book conventions, most actively during from 1987 to 1996.In New York City, the Great Eastern shows filled the gap between the mid-1980s demise of the annual Comic Art Convention and Creation Conventions, and the establishment of promoter Michael Carbonaro's annual Big Apple Comic Con in 1996.
State Fair Park and Event Center/Yakima SunDome: Yakima: Washington: 47,736 sq ft (4,434.8 m 2) 88,552 sq ft (8,226.7 m 2) Ventura County Fairgrounds and Event Center: Ventura: California: 88,215 sq ft (8,195.4 m 2) River's Edge Convention Center: St. Cloud: Minnesota: 73,620 sq ft (6,840 m 2) 87,536 sq ft (8,132.4 m 2) Lake County Fairgrounds ...
The 117th annual Toy Fair, held February 22–25, 2020 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, attracted tens of thousands of play innovators (manufacturers, distributors, importers, sales agents, inventors, entrepreneurs, licensors, retail buyers) to preview toys and games across 445,817 net square feet of exhibit space.
(The 1995 show was the last comic book convention held at the Javits Center until the New York Comic Con in 2006.) [citation needed] Great Eastern also ran shows in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, [62] Oregon, Minnesota, Texas, and South Florida. Despite their large fan attendance and expansive venues, however, Great Eastern's large ...