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axacon_schedule [2018/09/23 01:48] – [Volunteers] updates footer Carlos Pedraza | axacon_schedule [2018/09/26 22:33] – [Price Comparisons] updates with STLV discount Carlos Pedraza | ||
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- | ====== Axanar | + | ====== Axanar |
- | //**See the Tentative Schedule of Events for the Three-Day Con**// | + | //**Ticket Price Slashed More Than 40% After Complaints, Sluggish Sales**// |
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- | With its November 2-4, 2018, convention | + | With weeks still to go before Axacon, the long-awaited Atlanta |
- | [{{ ::trekguests.jpg|**TREK GUESTS** Star Trek actors J.G. Hertzler, Gary Graham, and writer David Gerrold, fill out Axacon' | + | After many people told him the entry price was too high, Peters announced September 26, 2018, tickets were being slashed by 41 percent, hoping to counter sluggish sales. |
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+ | Meanwhile, Axanar raced to pull together the event, pleading with fans to volunteer their time and charging what some believe is a high cost for attending the three-day event in Atlanta. | ||
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+ | ===== Expected $5,000 Loss ===== | ||
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+ | In an interview posted September 24, 2018, on the Fan Film Factor blog, Peters admitted | ||
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+ | > Honestly, I expect to lose about $5,000 on Axacon. | ||
<wrap lo indent> //**See also: [[sphinxcon|Axanar Piggybacks Convention atop SphinxCon]]**//</ | <wrap lo indent> //**See also: [[sphinxcon|Axanar Piggybacks Convention atop SphinxCon]]**//</ | ||
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+ | ==== Sluggish Sales Spur Discount ==== | ||
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+ | Peters did not explain to Fan Film Factor whether the expected loss was due to slow sales of tickets some had complained were [[# | ||
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+ | However, just days after **AxaMonitor** compared Axacon' | ||
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+ | > Feedback was most Axanar fans didn't want to go to SphinxCon, and while I'm a huge Honor Harrington fan [the book series honored by SphinxCon], we can't expect everyone to be.(({{ :: | ||
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+ | Tickets now range from $54-82 instead of $91-129, including ticket processing fees. | ||
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===== Convention Schedule ===== | ===== Convention Schedule ===== | ||
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**Location** While Axacon is officially housed at SphinxCon' | **Location** While Axacon is officially housed at SphinxCon' | ||
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--> Friday, November 2 # | --> Friday, November 2 # | ||
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- | | SphinxCon | + | | SphinxCon |
- | | Axacon " | + | | Axacon " |
- | | **Total** | $91 | | + | | **Total** | **$91** | **$54** |
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- | | Axacon " | + | | Axacon " |
- | | SphinxCon deluxe admission | **$74** | | + | | SphinxCon deluxe admission | $74 | $27 | |
- | | **Total** | **$129** | | + | | **Total** | **$129** |
+ | | * <wrap lo>All prices include processing fees</ | ||
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===== Cost ===== | ===== Cost ===== | ||
- | Axacon' | + | Axacon' |
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+ | At the new discounted Axacon price, SphinxCon was to receive $25 from each Axanar entry — half its original take. Axacon attendees who want access to any SphinxCon sessions would now have to pay extra. | ||
==== Price Comparisons ==== | ==== Price Comparisons ==== | ||
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By comparison, Atlanta' | By comparison, Atlanta' | ||
- | **Star Trek Las Vegas $300-$1000** \\ | + | **Star Trek Las Vegas $173-$1000** \\ |
- | The official Star Trek convention, a five-day star-studded annual event, costs a bare minimum $300 if tickets are purchased on a daily basis; daily admission ranges from $50-75. Premium packages go for about $1,000. | + | The official Star Trek convention, a five-day star-studded annual event, costs a bare minimum $300 if tickets are purchased on a daily basis, though shortly before the con tickets can be discounted as low as $173 for five days' admission; daily admission ranges from $50-75. Premium packages go for about $1,000. |
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**Treklanta $45-60** \\ | **Treklanta $45-60** \\ | ||
This local Star Trek convention also in Atlanta, and like Axacon also three days, costs $45 in advance, $60 at the door. Attracting more than 300 attendees a year, it offers many more celebrity guests than Axacon for less than half the admission price.(([[wp> | This local Star Trek convention also in Atlanta, and like Axacon also three days, costs $45 in advance, $60 at the door. Attracting more than 300 attendees a year, it offers many more celebrity guests than Axacon for less than half the admission price.(([[wp> | ||
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===== Bridge status ===== | ===== Bridge status ===== | ||
- | Peters has led the effort | + | Despite volunteers' |
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+ | Despite his locked script Peters told Fan Film Factor he has not yet determined if the set will even appear | ||
- | ==== Volunteers ==== | + | ==== Con Volunteers ==== |
- | Meanwhile, Peters pleaded with supporters to volunteer | + | Meanwhile, Peters pleaded with supporters to help to pull off the convention, with no discount for volunteering: |
"I need you sounding off if you will be attending Axacon. I will ask each of you to volunteer 2-3 hours a day. I can't give away any free passes as SphinxCon is not giving me any, and I am putting in a ton of my own money to make this happen." | "I need you sounding off if you will be attending Axacon. I will ask each of you to volunteer 2-3 hours a day. I can't give away any free passes as SphinxCon is not giving me any, and I am putting in a ton of my own money to make this happen." | ||
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