Con Wars in Minneapolis as Wizard World schedules show two weeks before Spring Con
However, a letter circulating yesterday charges that Wizard’s Con Wars are on the rise again, this time in Minneapolis, where a Wizard show has been scheduled for two weeks prior to the well-established non-profit Midwest Comic Book Association’s SpringCon.
SpringCon and FallCon are put on here in Minnesota by the fine folks at the Midwest Comic Book Association. The shows are non-profit, the workers are volunteers, and they donate to food shelves(a dollar off admission with a food shelf donation!), Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, the MN Lupus Foundation and the MN Literacy council.
Wizard has decided to put on a show in Minneapolis..about two weeks before SpringCon. According to Wizard they had to because those were the only dates they could land at the Convention Center.
Gene Ha did a bit of looking and found:
As far as Wizard’s side of the story goes, the big gap in the Twin Cities convention schedule is autumn. MCBA throws a 1 day show, but it’s when MCBA used to have their big show. A big show could still work then. If you look at the Minneapolis Convention Center’s schedule, you’ll see there are open weekends all throughout 2014. Especially in the autumn of 2014. Wizard needs to concoct their cover story before they get asked something embarrassing. They fabricate lies badly on the fly. http://www.minneapolis.org/minneapolis-convention-center/guests/event-calendar
The only dates that were open huh? Liars.
SpringCon enjoys a fabulous reputation with both it's guests and attendees. I hope enough people will stick with the con and let Wizard know how lousy their actions are.
Anyways, Wizard sucks.
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