Pok\u00e9mon fans from around the world are descending on San Francisco this weekend for the Pok\u00e9mon World Championships and the franchise’s first-ever fan convention.<\/p>\n
The three-day celebration is centered around Moscone Center, where thousands of fans and competitors are expected to gather.<\/p>\n
Organizers are transforming the area around the convention center into the world of Pok\u00e9mon, complete with Bay Area landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge and Painted Ladies.<\/p>\n
Even Howard Street between Third and Fourth streets is getting a Pok\u00e9mon makeover, becoming “Rayquaza Road” for the weekend.<\/p>\n
While the Pok\u00e9mon World Championships are held annually, this year’s event includes a major first: Pok\u00e9mon XP, an inaugural fan convention opening Friday morning.<\/p>\n
About 50,000 people are expected to attend the festivities, with roughly 2,500 players competing in the world championships.<\/p>\n
In addition to the events at Moscone Center, free Pok\u00e9mon-themed activities will be held across San Francisco throughout the weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon fans from around the world are descending on San Francisco this weekend for the Pok\u00e9mon World Championships…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446208,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-446207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446207","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=446207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}