Rhode Island Comic Con | |
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Status | Active |
Genre | Comics |
Venue | Rhode Island Convention Center Amica Mutual Pavilion Omni Providence Hotel |
Location(s) | Providence, Rhode Island |
Country | United States |
Inaugurated | 2012 |
Attendance | 81,000 in 2016 |
Organized by | Altered Reality Entertainment LLC |
Website | www |
Rhode Island Comic Con (RICC) is a three-day comic convention held during November at the Rhode Island Convention Center, Amica Mutual Pavilion, and Omni Providence Hotel in Providence, Rhode Island. The convention was Rhode Island's first Comic Con. Organizers also run Terror Con, a horror convention at the same location, and starting in 2023, the Rhode Island Anime Con was held at the same location as well.
Programming
The convention typically offers artists, celebrity guests, cars, comic book authors, a costume contest, gaming, kids-con, professional wrestlers, vendors, video game tournaments, and voice artists. In 2013, the convention also hosted several wedding ceremonies. The 2018 event brought an estimated $4.2 million to the area's economy.
History
Rhode Island Comic Con held its first event in 2012 at the Rhode Island Convention Center and took two years to prepare. A Halloween party was held on Friday before the convention in 2014.
The convention expanded to the Dunkin' Donuts Center, increasing to three days, ticket scanning to accurately know attendance figures, and increased vendor food supply. Jorge Elorza, the mayor of Providence, participated in the Comic Con's opening ceremony. Saturday's ticket sales for Rhode Island Comic Con stopped at 10:30 a.m. Friday and Saturday tickets sold out for the 2016 convention. "Rhode Warrior", the convention's comic book, launched at the 2016 event. RICC added ballroom space (Narragansett Ballrooms) in the Omni Providence Hotel.
RICC also added the Geekfest film festival and a Gene Simmons concert at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium. The convention used the Omni Providence Hotel for almost all panel content in 2018. An additional entrance was also added to the convention to reduce wait times. Rhode Island Comic Con celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2022.
Event history
References
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- Conventions in Rhode Island
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- Festivals in Rhode Island
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