WIZARD WORLD ANNOUNCES 2007 AND 2008 TOUR SCHEDULES
Pop Culture Event Tour Prepares for Continued Success
with Altered Schedule 2008 Schedule
Congers, NY (November 1, 2006) - Wizard Conventions today announced its schedule
for the 2007 and 2008 Wizard World conventions, the country's foremost touring
events for pop culture and comic books. The 2007 Wizard World schedule will
mirror that of 2006, which is on pace to become Wizard's most successful convention
year yet, with record attendance in Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Chicago.
To better serve the needs of exhibitors and fans, Wizard is altering the 2008
Wizard World tour to reflect a more condensed focus on Spring and Summer months.
This new condensed schedule will allow Wizard World fans, exhibitors and retailers
to visit all of the year's important pop culture events, and will position Wizard
World to deliver more exclusives, special guests and surprises to its fans.
"The Wizard World 2008 schedule will create a rapid-fire succession of
the industry's best events from coast to coast, right in the middle of the year,"
said Rob Felton, Vice President and Associate Publisher. "Our exhibitors
told us that they want to give Wizard World their full and undivided attention
to create the best experience for our fans, and this schedule will allow for
just that."
The full 2007 and 2008 schedules are as follows:
2007
Wizard World Los Angeles: March 16-18, 2007
Wizard World Philadelphia: June 15-17, 2007
Wizard World Chicago: August 9-12, 2007
Wizard World Texas: Nov 2-4, 2007
2008
Wizard World Los Angeles: April 12-14, 2008
Wizard World Philadelphia: May 29-June 1, 2008
Wizard World Chicago: June 26-29, 2008
Wizard World Texas: November 7-9, 2008
Wizard Conventions recently attracted 58,000 attendees to its tenth-annual Wizard
World Chicago event at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. Wizard World
Texas is the next show on the 2006 tour, slated for November 10-12 in Arlington.
For more information about Wizard, visit the company online at its recently
re-launched website
www.wizarduniverse.com.
About Wizard World
Wizard World Los Angeles, Wizard World Philadelphia, Wizard World Chicago and
Wizard World Texas are produced by Wizard Conventions Inc. Wizard Conventions
is a sister company of Wizard Entertainment, the industry leader in the comic
book and collectibles market that publishes four magazines,
Wizard: The Magazine
of Comics, Entertainment and Pop-culture, InQuest Gamer: The Gaming Magazine,
ToyFare: The Toy Magazine and
Anime Insider, as well as co-publisher
of
Toy Wishes: The Ultimate Guide to Family Entertainment. Wizard's publications
have a monthly national readership of more than 2 million and are currently
sold in 25 countries and five languages. Wizard can be found online at
www.wizarduniverse.com