Florida Supercon is an annual

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held in the

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and

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metro areas of

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.Florida Supercon
Retrieved Aug. 5, 2019. The event takes place in early July. Florida Supercon is a subsidiary of

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, located in

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, acquired in March 2019.ReedPOP, ''ReedPOP Adds Florida Supercon To Its Family Of Pop Culture Conventions'', March 11, 2019
Retrieved Aug. 5, 2019. It was originally part of Super Conventions, or Supercon, which also had included events now branded as

GalaxyCon GalaxyCon LLC, formerly known as Super Conventions or Supercon,

.Super Conventions
Retrieved Aug. 5, 2019.AnimeCons.com - Super Conventions
Retrieved Aug. 5, 2019.

History

The first Supercon was organized by founder Mike Broder in late 2006 at the

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Hollywood Beach Resort in

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, called Florida Supercon.AnimeCons.com - Florida Supercon 2006
Retrieved Aug. 5, 2019.
Retrieved Aug. 5, 2019. He was looking to bring a large scale convention to south Florida.''The New Tropic'', ''Mike Broder: The super geek behind Supercon'' by Elizabeth Fernandez, June 26, 2015
Retrieved Aug. 5, 2019. Another event, Anime Supercon, took place in Fort Lauderdale five months later.AnimeCons.com - Anime Supercon 2007
Retrieved Aug. 5, 2019. Estimated attendances at each event averaged around 2,000 people. As success grew, other conventions were added throughout the Fort Lauderdale and Miami metro areas. An attempt was made in November 2008 to hold a longstanding Supercon outside of Florida, in

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, but it was not as prosperous as the Florida events.AnimeCons.com - Atlanta Supercon
Retrieved Aug. 5, 2019. Another try didn't take place until July 2017 with Raleigh Supercon in

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, replacing the promotional Wizard World Raleigh Comic Con which eventually moved to nearby

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after the 2015 event.WRAL Channel 5, Out and About - Wizard World
Retrieved Aug. 5, 2019. Raleigh Supercon 2017 drew in an estimated 30,000 people for the weekend.GalaxyCon Raleigh
Retrieved Aug. 5, 2019Visit Raleigh, ''15+ Major Upcoming Events and Festivals in Raleigh, N.C.'', July 6, 2018
Retrieved Aug. 5, 2019. Super Conventions later acquired the former Derby City Comic Con in

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, which was re-branded as Louisville Supercon.Cision PRWeb, ''Supercon To Launch a New Geek Event in Louisville in 2018'', January 8, 2018
Retrieved Aug. 5, 2019. The inaugural event took place in November 2018.GalaxyCon Louisville
Retrieved Aug. 5, 2019Louisville Downtown Partnership, ''November 30 - December 2: Louisville Supercon''
Retrieved Aug. 5, 2019. Two other recent conventions, Animate! Florida (formerly known as Animate! Miami) and Paradise City Comic Con (formerly known as Magic City Comic Con), were discontinued in 2018 so Super Conventions could concentrate on their three Supercon events. Both of those had taken place in Miami.

Sale of Florida Supercon and convention name changes

On March 11, 2019, it was announced that Broder sold Florida Supercon and the "Supercon" trademark to ReedPop of Norwalk, Connecticut. The company owns a number of conventions around the world, including

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and

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. Management for the events in Raleigh and Louisville would remain the same under Broder, but are renamed as GalaxyCon.GalaxyCon - Contact
Retrieved Aug. 5, 2019.GalaxyCon
Retrieved Aug. 5, 2019. Two other events have also been added. Florida Supercon, now managed by ReedPop, will continue to have its annual event in early July. The 2020 convention was rescheduled and then cancelled due to the

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."To our Super community,"
Florida SuperCon website.

References

External links

ReedPOP
(official website)
Florida Supercon
{{DEFAULTSORT:Florida Supercon Comics conventions in the United States Recurring events established in 2006 Conventions in Florida 2006 establishments in Florida

History

Sale of Florida Supercon and convention name changes

See also

References

External links