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axacon_schedule [2018/09/24 13:27] – Updates throughout Carlos Pedrazaaxacon_schedule [2018/10/30 16:44] (current) – updates with ticket sales, Peters' justification for money-losing event Carlos Pedraza
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 ====== Axanar Fan Convention Expected to Lose Money ====== ====== Axanar Fan Convention Expected to Lose Money ======
  
-//**Also, Get an Advance Look at the Tentative Schedule of Events**//+//**Ticket Price Slashed More Than 40% After Complaints, Sluggish Sales**//
  
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-With weeks still to come before Axacon, the long-awaited 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.
  
-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.+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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 +<wrap lo><wrap em>UPDATE</wrap> In an October 24 blog post, Peters revealed "we have sold a couple dozen [Axacon tickets] so far." Despite his expected loss of thousands of dollars to stage the event, Peters justified the con as a "launching point for serious pre-production … so [the production team] can all get on the same page and get fired up for shooting"; "a celebration of the Star Trek that we all love and the fans who have supported us"; and a means to "create content for our website, our Blu-rays and to promote what is coming."</wrap>(([[https://axanarproductions.com/captains-log-october-23rd-2018/|Captains Log]], Axanar Productions website, 10/24/18.)) 
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 +Meanwhile, Axanar raced to pull together the event, pleading with fans to volunteer their time, and slashing ticket prices after initially charging what some believed was a high cost for attending the three-day event in Atlanta.
  
 [{{ :alec_peters.jpg?nolink&150|**Alec Peters**}}] [{{ :alec_peters.jpg?nolink&150|**Alec Peters**}}]
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 ===== Expected $5,000 Loss ===== ===== Expected $5,000 Loss =====
  
-In an interview published September 24, 2018, on the Fan Film Factor blog, Peters admitted Axacon won't come close to paying for itself:+In an interview posted September 24, 2018, on the Fan Film Factor blog, Peters admitted Axacon won't come close to paying for itself:
  
 > Honestly, I expect to lose about $5,000 on Axacon.  And that is okay.  But I don’t think there is any way we make money.(([[https://fanfilmfactor.com/2018/09/24/alec-peters-talks-about-axacon-the-latest-axanar-financials-and-the-bridge-set-interview-part-1/|"Alec Peters talks about Axacon, the latest Axanar financials, and the bridge set! (interview, part 1),"]] Fan Film Factor blog, 9/24/18.)) > Honestly, I expect to lose about $5,000 on Axacon.  And that is okay.  But I don’t think there is any way we make money.(([[https://fanfilmfactor.com/2018/09/24/alec-peters-talks-about-axacon-the-latest-axanar-financials-and-the-bridge-set-interview-part-1/|"Alec Peters talks about Axacon, the latest Axanar financials, and the bridge set! (interview, part 1),"]] Fan Film Factor blog, 9/24/18.))
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 <wrap lo indent> //**See also: [[sphinxcon|Axanar Piggybacks Convention atop SphinxCon]]**//</wrap> <wrap lo indent> //**See also: [[sphinxcon|Axanar Piggybacks Convention atop SphinxCon]]**//</wrap>
  
-Peters did not explain to Fan Film Factor whether the expected loss was due to slow sales of tickets some have complained are [[#Cost|exorbitant]], climbing costs to put on the event or some combination of both.+==== 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 [[#Cost|exorbitantly priced]], higher than expected expenses or some combination of both. 
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 +Axacon's entry originally required attendees to pay to get into [[sphinxcon|both SphinxCon and Axacon]], a minimum $91 cost with ticket processing fees. 
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 +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.)) 
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 +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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-^ <wrap em>Axacon Tickets</wrap> | //<wrap lo>Minimum for entry</wrap>// | +^ <wrap em>Axacon Tickets</wrap> \\ //<wrap lo>Minimum for entry</wrap>// | //Original Price// | //Discounted Price// | 
-| SphinxCon basic admission | $64 | +| SphinxCon charge* | $64 | $27 | 
-| Axacon "crewman" add-on admission | $27* | +| Axacon "crewman" add-on admission | $27* | $27 | 
-|  **Total** | **$91** | +|  **Total** | **$91** | **$54** | 
-^ <wrap em>Upgraded Admission</wrap> | //<wrap lo>Special access and swag</wrap>// | +^ <wrap em>Upgraded Admission</wrap> \\ //<wrap lo>Special access and swag</wrap>// | //Original Price//  | //Discounted Price// | 
-| Axacon "officer" admission | $55 | +| Axacon "officer" admission | $55 | $55 | 
-| SphinxCon deluxe admission | **$74** | +| SphinxCon deluxe admission | $74 | $27 | 
-|  **Total** | **$129** |+|  **Total** | **$129** | **$82** | 
 +| * <wrap lo>All prices include processing fees</wrap> | | |
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 ===== Cost ===== ===== Cost =====
  
-Axacon's cost has 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 are 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. 
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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'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>}}]
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 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>Treklanta#Eighth_convention|Treklanta Wikipedia page]], retrieved 9/23/18.)) 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>Treklanta#Eighth_convention|Treklanta Wikipedia page]], retrieved 9/23/18.))
  
-[{{ ::ares_bridge_wagner.jpg?350|Axanar volunteer Dana Wagner works to complete the Ares bridge set in time for Axacon. <wrap indent lo>//Image/Fan Film Factor//</wrap>}}]+[{{ ::ares_bridge_wagner.jpg?350|**AXANAR VOLUNTEER** Dana Wagner works to complete the Ares bridge set in time for Axacon. <wrap indent lo>//Image/Fan Film Factor//</wrap>}}]
  
 ===== Bridge status ===== ===== Bridge status =====
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 <wrap em>COMMENTS</wrap> \\ <wrap em>COMMENTS</wrap> \\
-Discuss this article in [[face>groups/axamonitor/permalink/491746504673535/|AxaMonitor's Facebook group]].+Discuss this article in [[face>groups/138880103293512?view=permalink&id=492518417929677|AxaMonitor's Facebook group]].
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 **Keywords** {{tag>Axacon}} **Keywords** {{tag>Axacon}}