Chicon 7 Announces At-Con Membership and Day Admission Rates
Chicon 7, the 70th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), has set the attending membership rates that will apply from August 1 onwards for both online and at-the-door sales, and determined its Day Admission rates.
The following attending membership rate changes for Chicon 7 will go into effect on August 1, 2012:* The Adult Attending membership rate will increase from $215 to $230* Converting a Supporting membership to an Attending membership will be $180
As part of the convention’s policy to encourage families and children to attend Chicon 7 the following attending membership rates for Children (0-16 years old) and Young Adults (17-21) will remain unchanged:* Children (0-16 years old) at $75* Young Adults (17-21 years old) at $100.
The Family Rate (2 adults plus 2 or more dependent children) will increase from $540 to $560.
Day Admissions can be purchased online via the Chicon 7 website from August 1, 2012, or in person at the door. Day Admissions are priced according to the day being purchased and the age of the purchaser. (Quoted figures are for Thursday 30 / Friday 31 August / Saturday 1 / Sunday 2 / Monday 3 September respectively).Adult: $50 / $70 / $70 / $70 / $40Young Adult: $30 / $40 / $40 / $40 / $20Child: $20 / $30 / $30 / $30 / $15
Chicon 7 memberships are available for immediate purchase at various conventions, at www.chicon.org, and by postal mail. Full information on all registration and payment options, along with the current rates which are good through July 31, 2012, are available at www.chicon.org/membership.php.
Geeze. I pad $4 attending for my first WorldCon in Cleveland, 1966.
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Or was that NYCon3 in 1967? Come to think, i think TriCon was $3 attending.
How can I put this…oh I know…fuck them. How in the Hell can an average fan afford this? I’m well aware that it’s costly to put on these events but fuck them. Yeah-I’m pretty sure I’m blowing my free admission and burning a bridge but FUCK THEM. I mean REALLY.
Having been involved in bidding and planning a WorldCon (Atlanta, 1986), i’m amazed that they can do it so cheap;ly in this day and age.
Have you priced what professional conventions, or thebig electronics shows cost?
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The only reason it’s this inexpensive is that virtually everything is done by volunteer labour.
Also, i’m pretty sure that what i paid for MidAmericon (1976) and SunCon (1977), if inflation-adjusted, wouldn’t be that much short of this amount. (Wish i could find the numbers)
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There is a hell of a lot more programming than there was in the 1960s at the two WorldCons i referred to, and a lot of stuff has to be paid for.
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BTW – when i paid $4 for my NyCon3 attending membership, i also paid $9 a night for a room at the Statler Hilton.
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You do the math…