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24-455: The MTCC has 700,000 square feet (65,000 m) of space, and is home to the 1232-seat John Bassett Theatre . To the east end of the complex is the 586-room InterContinental Toronto Centre hotel (formerly Canadian National Railway 's L'Hotel CN ). At the west end of the complex is a 265,000 square foot Class-B office building. Within the office building is the Pint restaurant, which was formerly

48-574: A Baton Rouge from 2006 to 2017 and a Planet Hollywood from 1996 to 2006. A south building containing exhibition space is located on Bremner Boulevard, south of the rail lines. The centre is connected to the Union Station railway and transit station through the SkyWalk , and the centre is also accessible via the underground Path system. The centre is also connected by the Skywalk system to

72-642: A large autographs area, as well as an Artists Alley where comic book artists can sign autographs and sell or do free sketches. In recent years, Fan Expo Canada has become one of the few events that provides selling "exclusive" products to attendees. The vast majority of the exclusives offered at Fan Expo Canada are licensed properties of popular movie, comic book and related characters. "Hollywood Icon" Celebrity guest Tony Curtis cancels due to health issue. Attendance reaches facility limit and Toronto Fire Marshal's office halts ticket sales for two hours on Saturday afternoon. Cancellations: Peter Facinelli (to attend

96-598: A parking lot. During the 1970s, the site was part of the proposed and failed "Metro Centre" development which sought to convert the large rail lands in one large development. Development instead proceeded in parcel-by-parcel fashion, with developments such as Roy Thomson Hall , the CN Tower , the SkyDome stadium (renamed Rogers Centre in 2005) and Ripley's Aquarium of Canada. The rail yards were transferred to new locations north and east of Toronto. The main rail lines south of

120-604: Is a four-day event (Thursday through Sunday) typically held the weekend before Labour Day during the summer at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (MTCC). Originally showcasing comic books , science fiction / fantasy and film/television and related popular arts, Fan Expo Canada has expanded over the years to include a larger range of pop culture and fandom elements, such as horror , anime , manga , animation , toys , collectible card games , video games , and web entertainment. The convention

144-640: Is created when conference, trade and public show attendees spend on dining, hotel nights, shopping, transportation and more in Toronto. Based on the Ontario Tourism Regional Economic Impact Model (TREIM), the MTCC also sustained a record-breaking 7,622 jobs in the community in its 2017/18 fiscal year. The site was formerly federally owned Railway Lands . Prior to the early 1980s, the site was home to tail end tracks and

168-577: Is that the event will sell out and potential attendees will be denied entry as has happened at similar events such as Anime North , the New York Comic Con and San Diego Comic-Con . The 2010 event left thousands of fans standing outside as capacity became an issue, many waiting several hours for re-entry. At one point during Saturday afternoon organizers announced (to a small group by the doors) that they would not be letting anyone else in, including those who had purchased tickets in advance, but

192-814: Is the largest of its kind in Canada and among the largest in the world, filling the entire North and South Buildings of the MTCC with over 130,000 attendees in 2016. In 2013, Fan Expo Canada's parent company Hobby Star Marketing was acquired by Informa , which now organizes the event. The company has extended the Fan Expo brand to other conventions organized by the company in Canada and the United States. Along with panels, seminars, and workshops with comic book professionals, there are previews of upcoming feature films, portfolio review sessions with top comic book and video game companies, and evening events such as

216-531: The COVID-19 Pandemic . Fan Expo Canada is the site of many unique attractions that include Exclusive Pre-screenings and live presentations of upcoming television series and feature films, often including live introductions from the Directors, Producers and Cast members. Some recent projects featured at Fan Expo Canada included the television series: In 2012, for the first time ever, Fan Expo Canada

240-718: The Canada Lands Corporation announced that the centre and hotel was for sale. OMERS -owned Oxford Properties won the rights to the complex in August 2011. The purchase of the North Building, the hotel, the 277 Front Street West office building and a 1,200 stall parking facility was completed in September 2011 for CA$ 238 million . The complex was adjacent to other Oxford-owned properties at 315 and 325 Front Street. In October 2012, Oxford Properties proposed

264-4297: The Emmys), Glenn Danzig (disallowed by Canada Customs due to criminal record), Joan Collins (due to movie role), Leslie Nielsen (due to poor health), Thomas Jane (due to television series shooting). Christian Slater , Danny Trejo , Neve Campbell , Jeffery Combs , Gillian Anderson , Norman Reedus , Steve Blum , Tom Kenny , Tara Strong , Troy Baker , Grey DeLisle , Jeremy Shada , Jeri Ryan , Robert Picardo , Ethan Phillips , Mike Tyson , Lennie James , Chandler Riggs , Sean Patrick Flanery , Zach Galligan , Jenna Coleman , David Della Rocco , Ajay Fry , Morgan Hoffman , Teddy Wilson , Sam Maggs , George A. Romero , Tom Felton , Hayley Atwell , Tom Savini , Rupert Grint , Robin Lord Taylor , Ming-Na Wen , Amy Acker , Jason Momoa , Karen Gillan , Billy Dee Williams , Malcolm McDowell , Orlando Jones , Graham McTavish , Dr. Marc Okrand , James and Oliver Phelps , Skeet Ulrich . Mark Hamill , Stan Lee , Elden Hensen , Charlie Cox , William Shatner , Nichelle Nichols , George Takei , Kevin Smith , Jason Mewes , Adam West , Burt Ward , John Barrowman , Christopher Lloyd , Morena Baccarin , Alex Kingston , John Cusack , Joan Cusack , Alan Tudyk , Hayley Atwell , Brent Spiner , Kate Mulgrew , Sonequa Martin-Green , Micheal Cudlitz , Scott Wilson , Jack Gleeson , Katie Cassidy , Andrea Libman , Colleen Clinkenbeard , Veronica Taylor , Vic Mignogna , Linda Ballantyne , Katie Griffin , Susan Roman , Toby Proctor , Ron Rubin , Jill Frappier , Sean Schemmel , Eric Vale , Kevin Conroy , Rob Paulsen , Maurice Lamarche , Bill Farmer , David Hayter , Charles Martinet , William Salyers Stephen Amell , John Barrowman , Nick Bradshaw, Brentalfloss , Sarah Wayne Callies , Bruce Campbell , Greg Capullo , Tom Cavanagh , Charlet Chung , Colleen Clinkenbeard , Richard Comely , Anthony Daniels , Felicia Day , Rob DenBleyker, Kara Eberle, Nathan Fillion , Dave Filoni , Josh Grelle , Todd Haberkorn , Jennifer Hale , Chad Hardin, David Hayter , Anthony Head , Jason Isaacs , Phil Jimenez , Amy Jo Johnson , Doug Jones (actor) , Maurice Lamarche , Erik Larsen , Jae Lee , Jim Lee , Vanessa Marshall , Sonequa Martin-Green , Gaten Matarazzo , Ed McGuinness , Caleb McLaughlin , Steve McNiven , Jason Mewes , Vic Mignogna , Amanda C. Miller , Bob Morley , Jessica Nigri , Nolan North , Paige O'Hara , Bryce Papenbrook , Yanick Paquette , Dan Parent , Khary Payton , Billie Piper , Eric Powell (comics) , Humberto Ramos , David Ramsey , Norman Reedus , Marco Rudy, Fernando Ruiz, Chris Sabat , Sean Schemmel , Matt Smith (actor) , Brian Stelfreeze , Catherine Tate , James Arnold Taylor , Ty Templeton , Cerina Vincent , Carol Zara, Arryn Zech , Mike Zeck Michael J Fox , Jason Momoa , Evangeline Lilly , Triple H , The Miz , Charlotte Flair , AJ Styles , Paul Wesley , Ian Somerhalder , Lucy Lawless , Rob Schneider , Cassie Steele , Jake Epstein , Miriam McDonald , Stefan Brogren , Shane Kippel , Pat Mastroianni , Mark Sheppard , Joe Flanigan , Rose McIver , Renee O'Connor , Jennifer Morrison , Karen Gillan , William Shatner , Richard Dean Anderson , Amy Jo Johnson , Jason David Frank , Christopher Lloyd , Tom Wilson , Lea Thompson , Cary Elwes , Chris Sarandon , Wallace Shawn , Tanya Allen , Michael Kevin Pare , Robin Lord Taylor , Austin Amelio , Tom Payne , Billy Zane , Emma Dumont , Gary Lockwood , Keir Dullea , Sonequa Martin-Green , Doug Jones , Anthony Rapp , Anson Mount , Mary Wiseman , Shazad Latif , Thom Allison , Kelly McCormack , Sean Baek , Atticus Mitchell , Rob Stewart , Gavin Fox , Patrick Garrow , Adam Barken , Michelle Lovretta , Melanie Scrofano , Dominique Provost-Chalkley , Tim Rozon , Varun Saranga , Steven Ogg Fan Expo 2020 and 2021 were cancelled due to

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288-741: The Masquerade (a costume contest), special screenings and the Diamond Distribution Industry Night Dinner and Reception for industry professionals only. Traditional events include screening rooms devoted to Japanese animation, gaming, and over 300 hours of other programming on all aspects of comic books and popular culture. Like most comic book conventions, Fan Expo Canada features a large floorspace for exhibitors. These include media companies such as movie studios and TV networks, as well as comic book dealers and collectibles merchants. Fan Expo Canada also includes

312-616: The Metro Toronto Convention Centre, which had been the location in previous years, was booked immediately for the 2011 edition. Public relations employees at Hobby Star also contacted as many of the fans who had expressed their dissatisfaction, gathering feedback on the convention and expressing personal apologies. Some of the negative aspects described by fans is the overpricing of the conventions, including entry fees, merchandise, autographs and poor services. Canadian journalist and book writer Jonathan Kay , who

336-853: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.236 via cp1112 cp1112, Varnish XID 971585862 Upstream caches: cp1112 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 10:52:10 GMT Fan Expo Canada Fan Expo Canada is an annual speculative fiction fan convention held in Toronto , Ontario . It was founded as the Canadian National Comic Book Expo in 1995 by Hobby Star Marketing Inc. It includes distinctly branded sections, including GX (Gaming Expo) and SFX (Science Fiction Expo), and formerly CNAnime (Canadian National Anime Expo). It

360-428: The aforementioned Speed Dating , Steampunk activities, Web series presentations, Star Wars sessions provided by the 501st Legion , Lolita fashion and others. Capacity attendance at Fan Expo Canada in 2005 has raised crowding issues. Concerns have been that the event is possibly too big for the Metro Toronto Convention Centre , even though they have moved to the largest halls in the facility. The worry of fans

384-567: The ceiling and the reception were covered in red and matte white fluorescent foils . The stripes, wide and narrow surrounded the architectural space, and because of their arrangement left the impression on the viewer as if he was experiencing countless whirlpools, which swirled around him. Other convention venues in Canada , or the Greater Toronto Area : John Bassett Theatre Too Many Requests If you report this error to

408-548: The centre were retained. The convention centre and hotel was completed in 1984, built by CN Real Estate designed by Architects Crang and Boake. In 1995, ownership was transferred to Canada Lands Corporation, an agency of the Government of Canada. A new largely underground addition, designed by Bregman + Hamann Architects , was added south of the railways, east of the CN Tower in 1997 to expand convention space. In April 2011,

432-469: The event, capacity issues were avoided in 2011. In recent years, HSM has cleaned up their organization and become more respectful to attendees of their fan-based events. After the capacity issue at Fan Expo 2010 and extending the event, CEO and President Aman Gupta released an apology statement to the fans, and stated that while no refunds would be made under any circumstances, the South Building of

456-399: The majority of fans remained unaware of this and continued to line up in ignorance until word-of-mouth reached them. Eventually they announced that they would be staying open an extra hour to try to accommodate the lines, though many had waited for more than 2 hours for re-entry. Due to additional space, more staff, a new advance ticketing system, expanded hours and the additional day added to

480-426: The nearby Rogers Centre and large conventions or exhibitions will sometimes also use it as an additional venue. The Skywalk also connects the convention centre to the CN Tower and Ripley's Aquarium of Canada . According to a 2018 report, over the past 34 years, the MTCC has hosted over 20,000 events and has added CA$ 6.3 billion in direct spending economic impact to the community. Direct spending economic impact

504-481: The re-development of the site with an updated convention centre, casino, hotel and retail complex. The current MTCC complex would be demolished and replaced with a new complex. In January 2021, a site at the convention centre opened as a large-scale clinic for distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto . The centre has hosted many large-scale events over the years. The G-20 summit

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528-497: Was held at the centre on June 26 and June 27, 2010. It was the same venue for the 14th G7 summit held in 1988. The 1985 NHL Entry Draft was held at the centre. It has also hosted the XVI International AIDS Conference in 2006. As well, it has played host to Toronto auditions for So You Think You Can Dance Canada and Canadian Idol . It has also been the site of numerous political conventions, and

552-549: Was the annual home of the NHL Awards . Fan Expo & Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo (EGLX) is held here, as well as the Canadian International Auto Show . The 2016 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference was held here as well. In 2011, on the occasion of Art Toronto the artist Achim Zeman presented an installation at the entrance-hall of the building called Str@del : Eight columns, walls,

576-526: Was the site of a wedding. Two longtime Fan Expo attendees were married in front of a live audience of thousands of fans on the afternoon of August 24. There was also a proposal of marriage that took place between two attendees on the afternoon of August 26. The engaged couple credited Fan Expo Canada's Nerd Speed Dating event from the previous year in finding one another. Some attractions at Fan Expo Canada have become standard from year to year due to their continued popularity. Some of these attractions include

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