Forum - View topicBuy your convention passes at 7-Eleven.
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This seems like a thing in Asia. I attended C3 in Hong Kong back in February and yes I bought my tickets at 7-Eleven. They were also being sold at Circle K (do they have those in the U.S. or U.K?)
I think this is only possible for anime conventions in Asia which tend to strictly be more of a trade show format as they are in Japan. But it's a nice concept, with how everything involving money is much more integrated than it is in the West. Another thought I had that perhaps larger U.S. anime conventions could implement if attendees could buy their passes at convenience stores is a way to avoid turnstiles or entry checkpoints alltogether. Basically everyone in line already has a ticket right? So why not distribute their badges while they are in line? They trade their ticket stub for a badge and when the doors open they just enter the site. |
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Dessa
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A lot of it comes down to the form of the event.
Sakura-Con, for example, does not sell tickets or passes or badges. It sells memberships. Which means that you can't just hand someone a badge, you have to check their ID compared to either their registration form or the database (if they're pre-registered), confirm that it's them (and that they're either an adult, or with their adult), and then give them the badge. It's because Sakura-Con is formed as a "membership organization," not just an event. I believe many of the non-profit conventions in the US are set up similarly. |
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