Hotels urged to help keep Comic-Con here
As Comic-Con nears decision time as to whether to stay or go, San Diego's hospitality industry is scrambling to address concerns that high room rates at some hotels could thwart the city's chances of holding on to the mammoth four-day convention. Ref. Source 6
Comic-Con lure gets $500,000 sweetener
San Diego has raised the stakes in its bid to keep Comic-Con from leaving town, offering a half-million dollars in hotel tax revenue to help defray the organizers" costs to shuttle attendees to the four-day event. Ref. Source 2
Even in an event like Comic-Con something must go terribly wrong: