Cleveland Colossal Convention

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Cleveland Colossal Convention
Venue	Holiday Inn
Location	Independence, Ohio
Country	United States
Years in existence	2002 to present
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The Cleveland Colossal Convention, commonly called ColossalCon, is an anime convention that takes place in northeastern Ohio, typically in Independence, during the early summer. It was started in 2002 by the former owner another employee from The Atomic Eye, a closed anime merchandise store in Lakewood, Ohio.^{[citation needed]}

1 History
2 References
3 External links

[edit] History

[edit] Cleveland Colossal Convention 02

This convention was a one day convention on August 4, 2002. The convention had a large draw due to the $3.00 entrance fee with admission discounted for anyone that came in cosplay.^{[citation needed]} While billed as an anime convention to many, it had a large number of sci-fi merchandise dealers too. Much of the staff for the 03 convention was made up of attendees of this convention.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Cleveland Colossal Convention 03

This was the first 3 day Cleveland Colossal Convention that took place in the same Holiday Inn in Independence, Ohio that Ohayocon took place the year before. Along with several new staff members the convention grew in size increasing the number of video rooms and expanded the dealers room. It also added a game room, main events room, and panel room. This convention was noted for having the ability to play anime in the hotel rooms using the close circuit television system of the hotel.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Cleveland Colossal Convention 04

Following the same formula as the previous year the 2004 convention took place is the same location. The 2004 convention saw the disappearance of one of the con's founders and with his role being filled by staff from the previous year. This convention is noted for the first attempts at trivia panels and the emergence of the ramen stand that has become famous among the staff.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Cleveland Colossal Convention 05

Hoping that a new location would help attendance and provide some room since the previous year's convention was starting to grow beyond the Holiday Inn's capacity the 2005 convention moved to the Embassy Suites down the road.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Cleveland Colossal Convention 06

The convention moved back the Holiday Inn. The attendance was around 1500^{[citation needed]} but with less technical problems as had been the case years before. The major new attraction was a role playing group which caused issues with the hotel management.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Cleveland Colossal Convention 07

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Currently, the next convention is scheduled to take place June 15-17, 2007.^[1]