Media Release -- Gareb Shamus, CEO of Wizard Entertainment, today announced the addition of New Orleans Comic Con to the world's largest pop culture convention series. The event is scheduled for January 29-30, 2011, at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.
The event will be the first on the 2011 Wizard World Comic Con schedule, and the first Wizard World convention in "The Big Easy."
"We followed the Super Bowl Champions all the way to New Orleans this year," said Shamus. "We are thrilled to come to the home of Mardi Gras, the Saints and World Famous Bourbon Street. New Orleans is the perfect place to create the type of pop culture event called Wizard World. We look forward to seeing all our fans there!"
The freshly renovated New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center is an essential component of what makes the city's major business events so successful. With 1.1 million square feet of contiguous exhibit space, the Convention Center is the sixth largest convention facility in the nation, and it consistently ranks in the country's top ten of facilities that hold the most conventions and tradeshows annually.
Join tens of thousands of fellow fans as they converge on the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center at New Orleans Comic Con to celebrate the best in pop culture. New Orleans Comic Con brings it all - Movies, Comics, Toys, Video Gaming, Games, TV, Horror, Wrestling, MMA, Original Art, Collectibles, Anime, Manga & More! This is Louisiana's best new Comic Con! New Orleans Comic Con is brought to you by the group who produces the most widely attended Comic Con tour!
