Let’s all Try to Save Central Canada Comic Con
Well It has been a few Weeks since our Fearless leader has announced to Manitoba and Winnipeg media that Central Canada Comic Con , was to be no more.
This doesn’t necessarily mean the end . It just means that all avenues of trying to get GRANTS and Incentives have been exhausted. Without these putting on a show as a promoter , makes life difficult . Someone has to guarantee the funds to the Rental hall [ who in this case raised the rent to a incredible amount ] Via attendance numbers of past shows . But this formula did not work anymore , as the Ticket price was not going to equal the rental fee for the Building , That’s how high the rent was raised. And the promoter who was trying to keep a formula that would allow people of all Income levels to attend with a low charge per day on tickets .
What can be done , Well We were thinking about having a peaceful Protest near the RBC Convention centre in Winnipeg to show people passing by that , THE SHOW MUST GO ON
So On November 1st 2019 , We can walk along the front and middle sidewalks near the Convention Center with Sign ( pickets) notifying people who pass by that
- The Rent was raised to a amount forcing us out of market
- The economic impact to the area will be felt with lost revenues to Businesses
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- That the Conventions brought in people from around the world to share their Crafts and Personalities
- Most attendee’s this would be one of the only times they get to hear from A Famous Celebrity
- Have conversations with people who have like Interests
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- To see and hear about the opportunities of the craft of Science Fiction .
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- Via Acting
- Writing novels
- Costume design
- Set design and Props
- Colouring
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- To learn how to create and develop Comic Book Characters
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- Blocking
- scripting
- Colouring
- Publishing
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AND BY ALL MEANS KEEP THIS FUN AND ENGAGING .
This is in no way associated with ( Central Canada Comic Con ™ ) or the Promoters of River City Conventions .
The Backyard Geeks 
this is the dumbest idea ever. Central Canada Comic Con was run by some terrible people. the cost of rent isn’t the only reason the con was in RAPID decline. lowered attendance due to the fact that the cost of attending was no longer worth it.
tldr the convention sucked please let it die so that a bigger and better convention can move into winnipeg
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So, before you go on down to protest the lack of C4, be aware of the following:
-All other major conventions held within the city (Ai-Kon/Fanquest/Keycon) do not have corporate/city funding to make them happen. They have corporate sponsors, and have hotel agreements, but otherwise do not get funded by the RBCCC/City of Winnipeg. If one con gets this type of support, all of the cons should get this agreement.
-Rent may have increased but Ai-Kon was still able to successfully run its convention in 2019 without issue. This is not denying an issue though: The RBCCC holds a monopoly on the venue for any convention in this city and it charges excessively high rates for its services. Few other venues can be scaled to the same scale/square footage AND more crucially have the same transport infrastructure in place (ie. You can’t get to Red River Ex Grounds/Victoria Inn nearly as well as downtown Winnipeg).
-RCC no longer exists as a corporate entity. A LOT and I mean a LOT of hatred is currently targeted to those within that organization, enough so that while having a demonstration against RBCCC may be beneficial, a demonstration FOR RCC would be more harm than good. Issues regarding over-inflated attendance numbers, a lack of transparency over any of their doings, a colossal mismanagement of social media coverage, and management of vendors/artists/volunteer organizations are just the tip of the iceberg.
I’m not going to say that not having C4 around isn’t great. The con season effectively ended in July this year (the Fanquest Social Ball at the end of the month notwithstanding). And people haven’t been able to meet very many guests from out of town because of it. C4 as an organization however, has done VERY little to try and promote any of the things you’ve mentioned: KeyCon (which is a very small convention) has done far more to promote sci-fi and fantasy literary pursuits, Ai-Kon has run far larger prop building/cosplay workshops and Fanquest has at least brought in some visual media guests as actual guests versus just flogging artists in ‘artists alley’.
I don’t want to sound negative but I want a convention that actually does things for this fandom of ours, not just another corporate trade show with chiropractors, hotels and massage vendors.
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I accept all comments , But this is Canada and you must provide Citations on your claims, This is for the protection of Me and you . I will reply if you can provide me with Facts backed actual Numbers from either the RBC center or River City Conventions .
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