http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2005/07/20/on-comic-con-and-baseball/ Sci-fi, comics, humor, photos...it's all fair game. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:03:41 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2005/07/20/on-comic-con-and-baseball/#comment-8362 A Few Reservations | K-Squared Ramblings Tue, 28 Feb 2006 18:29:32 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2005/07/20/on-comic-con-and-baseball/#comment-8362 [...] The crunch is amazing. Last year, San Diego’s public transportation system dissolved under the combined assault of 100,000+ Comic Con attendees and a weekend of Padres games. Two years ago, the first year we stayed in town instead of just driving down for Saturday, we booked so late that we were stuck with the Super 8. Just for kicks, I checked the prices there. A room for this coming weekend would cost half what we paid per night on Comic Con weekend in 2004. And their prices during the con this year? I can’t tell, because they’re already sold out. [...] [...] The crunch is amazing. Last year, San Diego’s public transportation system dissolved under the combined assault of 100,000+ Comic Con attendees and a weekend of Padres games. Two years ago, the first year we stayed in town instead of just driving down for Saturday, we booked so late that we were stuck with the Super 8. Just for kicks, I checked the prices there. A room for this coming weekend would cost half what we paid per night on Comic Con weekend in 2004. And their prices during the con this year? I can’t tell, because they’re already sold out. [...]

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