Baltimore Convention Center

I can’t remember how many years back I’ve been going to Otakon at the Convention Center now…was it back to 2000? Might have been ‘01…something like that…anyhow…the first year, they only rented half the center and the other half had another function going on. The year after that, they had about 2/3 the center, the next year, 3/4 and after that the whole thing. Then they just started tweaking it for more space…It’s been neat seeing the convention grow every year. They started moving the concerts to the Baltimore Arena and the dealer’s room is so big you can’t see the other end.
The crowd has changed too. Everyone has gotten younger and younger. The majority of fans are not very knowlegable. Is this convention for Otaku anymore? Or for Cartoon Network watchers who don’t know anything else exists? Anyhow, I’m completely off track. Sorry. :)
The convention center is pretty cool. The design is fairly practical, the place is kept very clean and the climate control has been better in past years.

I don’t like that the vendors in the dealer’s room cannot sell food anymore. I also think the center is large enough, there could be a Starbucks stand at each end – you can never have enough SB’s? Right? I’m not going to go to a convention and stand in line for 20 minutes to get a cup of coffee. And stagger the chairs please! Isn’t this common sense?

Wow. I guess I’m avoiding getting back to work.

I’ve been here for a few things, most notably Otakon 2006. that was a lot of fun. :D