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  • Dragon Con
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  • Dragon Con (previously Dragon*Con and sometimes DragonCon) is a North America multigenre convention, founded in 1987, which takes place once each year in Atlanta, Georgia. As of 2012, the convention draws attendance of 52,000, features hundreds of guests, encompasses five hotels in the Peachtree Center neighborhood of downtown Atlanta near Centennial Olympic Park, and runs thousands of hours of programming for fans of science fiction, fantasy, comic books, and other elements of fan culture. It is operated by a private for-profit corporation, with the help of a 1,500-member volunteer staff. Dragon Con has hosted the 1990 Origins Game Fair and the 1995 North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC).
  • Dragon Con is a multi-genre convention, founded in 1987, taking place in Atlanta, Georgia. The Dragon Con Puppetry Track celebrates puppetry in pop culture and promotes the art of live puppet theatre.
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Organizer
  • Pat Henry, Chairman
Status
  • Active
Country
  • United States
Name
  • Dragon Con
Genre
  • Multi-genre
First
  • 1987
Attendance
  • 57000
Title
  • List of NASFiCs
Before
  • 5
  • ConDiego in San Diego, USA
Years
  • 6
  • Dragon*Con in Atlanta, USA
After
  • 7
  • Conucopia in Los Angeles, USA
Venue
  • Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atlanta Hilton and Towers, Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, Westin Peachtree Plaza
Website
filing
  • For-profit
Location
  • Atlanta, Georgia
abstract
  • Dragon Con (previously Dragon*Con and sometimes DragonCon) is a North America multigenre convention, founded in 1987, which takes place once each year in Atlanta, Georgia. As of 2012, the convention draws attendance of 52,000, features hundreds of guests, encompasses five hotels in the Peachtree Center neighborhood of downtown Atlanta near Centennial Olympic Park, and runs thousands of hours of programming for fans of science fiction, fantasy, comic books, and other elements of fan culture. It is operated by a private for-profit corporation, with the help of a 1,500-member volunteer staff. Dragon Con has hosted the 1990 Origins Game Fair and the 1995 North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC).
  • Dragon Con is a multi-genre convention, founded in 1987, taking place in Atlanta, Georgia. The Dragon Con Puppetry Track celebrates puppetry in pop culture and promotes the art of live puppet theatre.