San Diego Tourism Authority chief executive Joe Terzi has revealed that a final decision regarding whether this year’s San Diego Comic-Con will take place this July is imminent.
The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that according to Terzi, it seems increasingly unlikely the world’s biggest comic convention will be able to take place due to expanding social distancing regulations.
Terzi tells the paper: “They are evaluating any financial liability they might have with a cancellation, and once they determine that, they’ll make a decision. Based on our knowledge of the event, it will be very difficult for them to have that event in July. With other events you could do things to keep people separate, but Comic-Con is a whole different animal, it’s a massive sea of people.”
The event boasts an annual crowd of 135,000 fans of comics, movies, and other facets of pop culture. As of Thursday, an event spokesman still said the organization was weighing its options, including the addition of a virtual convention in place of a physical one.
Source: Comicbook.com
