File this under: “should have seen it coming.” In the latest testament to Comic-Con’s ever-growing popularity, registration for the San Diego event (coming July 20-24, 2011) shut down today shortly after opening up at 9 a.m. west coast time, due to overloaded servers.
Here’s the official, rather apologetic, note currently on their website:
WE’RE SORRY ABOUT REGISTRATION
We are really sorry for the problems with registration today. We do not know what the technical issues are, so we have temporarily closed registration.
We will announce on Monday, November 8th, the new date and time that registration will reopen. This down-time will allow us to determine and address the issues.
Only a handful of badges were actually sold today.
Thank you for your patience, and again, we all are truly sorry for this inconvenience.
So, there you go — instead of selling out in one day, the system was so slammed that such a thing wasn’t even possible. Check back in a week to find out the latest.
November 2nd, 2010 at 6:07 am
Sounds like a further argument for (re-)establishing regional fan-run conventions everywhere else.
November 2nd, 2010 at 12:38 pm
A ticket to San Diego is now as much of a coveted item as the new videogame or concert tickets. And odds are the demand is beinf artificially inflated by people,planning to find a way to scalp their tickets, as with the aforementioned “gotta have” items.
The Convention center needs that promised expansion desperately. demand currently outstrips supply, resulting in situations like this.
November 2nd, 2010 at 5:55 pm
Vinnie said: “And odds are the demand is beinf artificially inflated by people,planning to find a way to scalp their tickets, as with the aforementioned “gotta have” items.”
So, Comic Con is the new Deadpool?
Peace
November 22nd, 2010 at 11:20 am
Tried this morning 11/22/10 at 5AM Pacific Time and have not been able to get in to register. Keep getting errors and now the web site seems to have been overloaded again!
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