SAN DIEGO (KGTV) \u2014 Comic-Con comes with a pretty big price tag, from hotel fees and parking to food and costumes.<\/p>\n
I wanted to find out how much it really costs to get in on the action.<\/p>\n
I polled the crowd on how much money they had spent on Comic-Con so far.<\/p>\n
“And my wife isn’t here, right?” asked one attendee.<\/p>\n
Some comic book characters said they kept costs manageable.<\/p>\n
“Actually, not that much, not that much. It’s under 500,” said one attendee.<\/p>\n
Locals were quick to flaunt their savings.<\/p>\n
“How much money have you spent at Comic-Con so far?”<\/p>\n
“$0. I live here.”<\/p>\n
For those who dressed up, costumes alone drove up the bill.<\/p>\n
“The wig itself was like $100,” said one attendee. <\/p>\n
“$800 to $1,000 altogether,” said another.<\/p>\n
Attendees are also pouring money back into the local economy.<\/p>\n
“The vendors are really expensive, so probably a good at least $100 just browsing around out here in between water, ice cream, hot dogs, and all that fun stuff,” said one attendee.<\/p>\n
Local businesses say leaning into the entertainment helps them get the most out of the major crowds.<\/p>\n
Anna Heydari, manager at The Blind Burro, said, “Summertime is really when we thrive with baseball conventions and especially Comic-Con. It really helps us as the business.”
More than $160 million is expected to be generated from the con.
Heydari said the event’s impact goes beyond the bottom line.<\/p>\n
“The best effect I see is on our staff. It’s just fun for us to participate in Comic-Con the way the patrons are participating in Comic-Con. We have a theme. We get to dress up, we get to have a little fun with it.”<\/p>\n
Whether people spent zero dollars or thousands, they told me that they pretty much have the same sentiment \u2014 they’re coming back next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN DIEGO (KGTV) \u2014 Comic-Con comes with a pretty big price tag, from hotel fees and parking to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[71831,1750,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-413552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-comic-con","tag-cost","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}