We have a hotel!

[giza]

Anthrocon 2005 has a new home!

At 11:59 PM on December 6, 2004, after a marathon 5-hour negotiating session, Anthrocon board members approved a contract with the Wyndham Franklin Plaza in downtown Philadelphia.

+ We are keeping our same weekend, July 7-10, 2005.
+ The room rate will be the same as that offered at the Adams Mark: $106 per night.
+ We have 600 rooms contracted in a single hotel, which means it is unlikely that we will need to have any "overflow" hotels.

The Wyndham has slightly less function space available, which means we may have to reduce the size of the Art show, Dealer Room, and/or Artist's Alley by a small amount.  Our staff is working dilligently to optimize the usage of the space that is available to us.

You can begin to register for hotel rooms, and for Anthrocon itself, on Thursday, December 9, 2004.  Full information will be available on our web page then.

We thank all those who offered words of support and encouragement during this unexpected transition, and we look forward to seeing everyone in July!

unclekage signs the contract, while The Real Tigerwolf looks on.

Comments

[shenryyr.livejournal.com]

yayness! ^^;;
congrats on the speedy closure of a tough issue.

now go drink some beer! (if you're not already)

[snow-kitty.livejournal.com]

Woo! That's awesome! The Franklin Plaza is a very pretty hotel. Just curious though, last time I was there, it cost like $15 to park for one night. Not that I'm complaining, since I know Philly parking...but will there be a flat parking fee? It may cost extra if we decide to leave the hotel (for dinner, tourist stuff, etc.) then come back. Or will it just be better to take a good ol' cab?

[giza.livejournal.com]

We're working on that. More information to come.

[bikerwalla.livejournal.com]

Not captioned: Bennie's nose.

Congratulations to the Anthrocon staff for a job well done. I look forward to Anthrocon 2005.

[bigtig.livejournal.com]

Yeah. oops. He snapped that when i wasn't lookin' :)

[doco.livejournal.com]

Wow. You guys rock. :)

[danruk.livejournal.com]

If I see this update one more time I'm going to go bonkers!

No, seriously, thanks to Kage, Xydexx, and you for mirroring the information. Better than seeing something wholly false and bogus in a kangaroo journal update.

Matt/Danruk

[freakylynx.livejournal.com]

hehe, it looks like a scene from some Godfather movie :P

[randomzen.livejournal.com]

Yah, I was going to say it looked like he was signing away his house or something to the Russian mob.

[melskunk.livejournal.com]

If he didn't sign, he was going to hend up with a horse-suit head in his bed!

[freakylynx.livejournal.com]

Never go against the family!

[bigtig.livejournal.com]

It was kinda odd how they caved on our demands. I wonder if our reputation and the wearing of all black helped....

[melskunk.livejournal.com]

Huzzah!

[stormydragon.livejournal.com]

Is it just me or does Tigerwolf look like the guy in the Phantasm movies in that photo?

[elfasi.livejournal.com]

I was at a Wyndham hotel in Jamaica last week. They're OK :)