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axacon_schedule [2018/09/26 21:59] – Updates with tix discount throughout Carlos Pedrazaaxacon_schedule [2018/09/26 22:33] – [Price Comparisons] updates with STLV discount Carlos Pedraza
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 ====== Axanar Fan Convention Expected to Lose Money ====== ====== Axanar Fan Convention Expected to Lose Money ======
  
-//**Ticket Price Slashed 50% After Sluggish Sales**//+//**Ticket Price Slashed More Than 40% After Complaints, Sluggish Sales**//
  
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 With weeks still to go before Axacon, the long-awaited Atlanta convention for Axanar fans, OWC Studios head [[Alec Peters]] revealed the event is likely a big money-loser. With weeks still to go before Axacon, the long-awaited Atlanta convention for Axanar fans, OWC Studios head [[Alec Peters]] revealed the event is likely a big money-loser.
  
-After many people told him the entry price was too high, Peters announced September 26, 2018, tickets were being slashed by half, hoping to counter sluggish sales.+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.
  
 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. 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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 ==== Sluggish Sales Spur Discount ==== ==== Sluggish Sales Spur Discount ====
  
-Peters did not explain to Fan Film Factor whether the expected loss was due to slow sales of tickets some have complained are [[#Cost|exorbitantly priced]], higher than expected expenses or some combination of both.+Peters did not explain to Fan Film Factor whether the expected loss was due to slow sales of tickets some had complained were [[#Cost|exorbitantly priced]], higher than expected expenses or some combination of both.
  
-Axacon's entry required attendees to pay to get into [[sphinxcon|both SphinxCon //and// Axacon]], a minimum $91 cost with ticket processing fees.+Axacon's entry originally required attendees to pay to get into [[sphinxcon|both SphinxCon and Axacon]], a minimum $91 cost with ticket processing fees.
  
 However, just days after **AxaMonitor** compared Axacon's price with other conventions, Peters admitted: However, just days after **AxaMonitor** compared Axacon's price with other conventions, Peters admitted:
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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.(({{ ::peters_axacon_tickets.jpg?linkonly|Alec Peters post}}, Axacon 2018 Facebook group, 9/26/18.)) > 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.(({{ ::peters_axacon_tickets.jpg?linkonly|Alec Peters post}}, Axacon 2018 Facebook group, 9/26/18.))
  
-Tickets now range from $50-75 instead of $91-129.+Tickets now range from $54-82 instead of $91-129, including ticket processing fees.
  
 [{{ ::trekguests.jpg|**TREK GUESTS** Star Trek actors J.G. Hertzler, Gary Graham, and writer David Gerrold, fill out Axacon's celebrity roster. <wrap indent lo>//Image/Axanar Productions//</wrap>}}] [{{ ::trekguests.jpg|**TREK GUESTS** Star Trek actors J.G. Hertzler, Gary Graham, and writer David Gerrold, fill out Axacon's celebrity roster. <wrap indent lo>//Image/Axanar Productions//</wrap>}}]
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 ===== Cost ===== ===== Cost =====
  
-Axacon's cost had been criticized by some Axanar supporters as high for such a small, three-day convention, ranging from $91 to $129; attendees are required to purchase admission to SphinxCon. They were also required to find their own transportation for the 80-mile roundtrip to OWC Studios outside Atlanta.+Axacon's cost had been criticized by some Axanar supporters as high for such a small, three-day convention, ranging from $91 to $129; attendees were required to purchase admission to SphinxCon. They were also required to find their own transportation for the 80-mile roundtrip to OWC Studios outside Atlanta. 
 + 
 +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's immense five-day Dragon*Con, featuring dozens of well-known guests from many genre films and TV — especially Star Trek — costs a minimum $85, if purchased a year in advance. Closer to the event, admission is $95. By comparison, Atlanta's immense five-day Dragon*Con, featuring dozens of well-known guests from many genre films and TV — especially Star Trek — costs a minimum $85, if purchased a year in advance. Closer to the event, admission is $95.
  
-**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.
  
 [{{ ::starfleet_ui.jpg?direct&350|**BRIDGE PANELS** Volunteers are working against a November 2 deadline to complete the Axanar bridge set, featuring artwork like this. Click to view full size.<wrap indent lo>//Images/Axanar Productions//</wrap>}}] [{{ ::starfleet_ui.jpg?direct&350|**BRIDGE PANELS** Volunteers are working against a November 2 deadline to complete the Axanar bridge set, featuring artwork like this. Click to view full size.<wrap indent lo>//Images/Axanar Productions//</wrap>}}]