Aurora-Con

Aurora-Con
Status Disbanded
Venue William A. Egan Civic & Convention Center
Location Anchorage, Alaska
Country United States
First held 2006
Attendance 1,235 in 2007
Official website http://www.auroracon.org/

Aurora-Con was an anime convention held in Anchorage, Alaska at the William A. Egan Civic & Convention Center. It was the first of such conventions to be held at that venue.[1]The convention had a total run of three years.

History

Event history

Dates Location Atten. Guests
July 14, 2006 William A. Egan Civic & Convention Center
Anchorage, Alaska		 623 Tom Bateman, Chris Sabat, and Brett Weaver.[2]
September 23, 2007 William A. Egan Civic & Convention Center
Anchorage, Alaska		 1,235 Lisa Furukawa, Tiffany Grant, Matt Greenfield, Spike Spencer, and Brett Uher.[3]
September 27–28, 2008 William A. Egan Civic & Convention Center
Anchorage, Alaska		 Colleen Clinkenbeard, Vic Mignogna, and Brett Uher.[4]

References

  1. ^ Baechtel, Mark (July 14, 2006). "Manga mania". Anchorage Daily News: p. H4. 
  2. ^ "Aurora-Con 2006 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/926. Retrieved 2007-11-20. 
  3. ^ "Aurora-Con 2007 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1085. Retrieved 2007-11-20. 
  4. ^ "Aurora-Con 2008 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1446. Retrieved 2008-04-08. 
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