Comic-Con Officially Canceled Due to Coronavirus Pandemic
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variety.comBy Adam B. Vary The 2020 San Diego Comic-Con, the largest fan convention in North America and one of the biggest promotional events of the year, has been canceled in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, organizers announced on Friday.
The event, which pulls in upwards of 130,000 participants each year, was scheduled to be held from July 23–26. The cancelation is the first in the event’s history, but organizers say the event will return from July 22–25, 2021.
The decision follows the April 14 press conference by California Gov. Gavin Newsom in which Newsom said that “large-scale events that bring in hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of strangers” are “not in the cards” for the foreseeable future.
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