San Diego Comic-Con 2014: Pre-convention statistics
I'm an engineer, so of course numbers are important to me. And every year, I try to give friends and family a sense of the size of the entire SDCC experience. This year I decided to collect some of the pre-convention numbers that I could track down.
5 - Number of days for Comic-Con (including Wednesday's Preview Night)
6 - Number of venues officially used by Comic-Con
- San Diego Convention Center (filled),
- Hilton Bayfront Hotel conference rooms
- Marriott Hotel & Marina conference rooms
- Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel conference rooms
- Omni Hotel conference rooms
- Horton Grand Theater
55 - Number of films in the Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival
90 - Time (in minutes) for tickets to sell out
230 - Number of "off-site" events taking place in the Gaslamp District & surrounding areas
320 - Number of game events scheduled at the Convention Center and Marriott Marina Hotel (does not include all of off site gaming events put on by the game publishers)
375 - Number of scheduled anime screenings
800 - Approximate number of entries in the programming schedule
1138 - Number of booths (796 exhibitors, 209 artists, 110 small press, 23 fan groups)
130,000 - Estimated ticket sales
over 150,000 - Estimated number of people coming into San Diego for Comic-Con
460,000 - Sq ft. of space for the exhibit hall alone