GalaxyCon kicks off 4 days of fandom in Raleigh
APPEARED TO HAVE ACTED ALONE
AND WAS NOT ACTING AS PART OF
A GROUP.
>> THE HOTTEST CONVENTIONS OF
THE YEAR IS UNDERWAY IN
DOWNTOWN RALEIGH RIGHT NOW.
GALAXY CON INCORPORATES FANS
OF ANIME, SUPERHEROES, SCIENCE
FICTION AND MUCH MORE WRAL'S
ALI KHAN, THE BAR WAS THERE AT
THE DOORS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
AND SHE SHARES THE EXCITEMENT
>> YES, THIS IS ONE OF THE
LOCAL GOODS ALREADY SET UP.
YOU CAN SEE THESE ARE VINTAGE
STAR WARS ACTION FIGURES HERE,
PRINCESS LEIA, EVEN IN THE BOX.
THIS IS THE LARGEST EVENTS HERE
AT THE RALEIGH CONVENTION
CENTER GALAXY CON. IT FEATURES
MULTIPLE GENRES FROM COMIC
BOOKS TO TV SHOWS AND MOVIES.
THERE'S EVEN A CELEBRITY LINEUP
LAST YEAR. THE GREATER RALEIGH
CONVENTION CENTER AND VISITORS
BUREAU SAYS THIS EVENT RUNNING
45,000 ATTENDEES BRINGING IN
A 9.7 5 MILLION DOLLAR ECONOMIC
IMPACT. IT'S SO BIG THAT IT'S
ACTUALLY EXTENDED TO THE STREET
FEST. WE SPOKE WITH AN ACTOR
AND PRODUCER HERE, BRIAN
O'HALLORAN WHO SAYS IT'S BEEN
AMAZING TO WATCH IT GROW.
THE FACT THAT THE FANS COME OUT
FROM ALL OVER TO ITS NOT JUST
THE RALEIGH, DURHAM AREA, THAT
WE'VE GOT PEOPLE COMING IN FROM
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY,
SPECIFICALLY KNOWING OUTBREAK
TO SHOW. SO IT'S GOOD TO KNOW
THAT.
>> BOTH THE CITY OF RALEIGH,
THE TOURISM BUREAU, THE CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE. ANYBODY HERE
REALLY GO HAND IN HAND AND
MAKING THIS. I THINK THE MOST
SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION THAT
HAPPENS EVERY YEAR HERE.
>> THEY'RE EXPECTING MORE THAN
50,000 PEOPLE TO ATTEND THE
EVENT THIS WEEKEND. IT'S A
FOUR-DAY EVENT AND ALSO
SATURDAY IS ALREADY SOLD OUT
REPORTING IN RALEIGH OUT HALF
OF OUR WRAL NEWS.
>> IT IS BIG GALAXY CON RALLY
RUNS THROUGH SUNDAY AND WRAL IS
A PROUD MEDIA SPONSOR ON THE
EVENT'S STREET FEST WHICH IS
HAPPENING FOR THE FIRST TIME
THIS YEAR. GALAXY CON IS
CONTRACTED TO STAY AT THE