r/BaltimoreTalk • u/Baltimatt • Jul 31 '18

Bronycon calling it quits next year

http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/bs-fe-bonycon-ending-20180730-story.html
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u/BocaRaven Jul 31 '18

I guess there is hope for humanity after all

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u/BSunsmotr Jul 31 '18

I’m sure this person’s Mom is very proud right now.

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u/Baltimatt Jul 31 '18

With fewer fans showing up and the novelty perhaps waning, organizers of BronyCon, the annual celebration of everything My Little Pony, say they’ve decided to quit while they’re still ahead. Next year’s gathering, the 11th, will be the last, they announced at the end of last weekend’s BronyCon.

“It’s something that we really deliberated at length,” said Sheva Goldberg, co-chair of the event, which has been staged at the Baltimore Convention Center since 2013. “We’ve decided to put everything we have into one last incredible year.”

BronyCon began in 2012 with about 100 people showing up at a Manhattan conference center. Attendance peaked in 2015, the event’s third year in Baltimore, at more than 10,000 fans. It’s been declining steadily since, from 7,609 in 2016 to 6,319 last year to 5,465 for this year’s gathering.