First WonderCon is forced out of San Francisco by maintenance on the Moscone Center, and now New York Comic Con may be looking for a new home…?:

Events giants are waging a campaign to save the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York, which may be demolished under a plan proposed by New York governor Andrew Cuomo. A group of 21 events companies, including New York Comic Con and Bookexpo America organizer Reed Exhibitions, Freeman, National Retail Federation, and other companies doing business at the Javits recently sent a letter to Cuomo and 600 other state and city officials with the message that “Javits customers are adamant that the Javits Center remain open long term,” according to Crain’s New York Business.

What is the world coming to? And, maybe more importantly, which convention is going to be hit by this strange trend next? This is why someone needs to turn Donald Trump onto comics, I keep telling everyone…

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