MEGACON™ TAMPA BAY 2017 WRAPS ANOTHER YEAR WITH OVER $25,000 RAISED FOR HURRICANE RELIEF

Tampa Bay, FL – October 5, 2017 – MegaCon™ Tampa Bay 2017, the Southeast’s largest fan convention, wrapped up another weekend at the Tampa Convention Center. The three-day multi-genre convention welcomed fans to revel in panels, shopping, celebrity fun and more. This year’s show was packed with exciting activities for fans of all ages and featured celebrity guests including Marvel Comic legend Stan Lee, William Shatner (Star Trek), Kevin Smith (Clerks), Ian Somerhalder (The Vampire Diaries), Jason Mewes (Clerks), Caleb McLaughlin, Gaten Matarazzo (Stranger Things), and many more.

Stan Lee Auction for Hurricane Relief

Friday evening, MegaCon Tampa Bay welcomed Stan Lee for a Q&A and live auction. Seven one-of-a-kind items were auctioned by actor/director Kevin Smith (Jay & Silent Bob, Clerks) with all proceeds benefiting Feeding Florida for hurricane relief. A one-on-one dinner with Stan Lee was auctioned for $3,000 with a fierce battle in the audience. Then a surprise item was announced when Kevin Smith auctioned a cameo in his upcoming movie Jay and Silent Bob Reboot for $6,000. Lastly, an all- expenses paid trip to Los Angeles to hang out with Stan Lee, have dinner and go to a Black Eyed Peas concert with him was auctioned for $10,000. There was even a proposal!

Between the auction and ticket sales, more than $30,000 was raised for Feeding Florida.

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Caption: Stan Lee Auction at MegaCon Tampa Bay to Benefit Feeding Florida on Friday, September 29

Cylon Raider Ship from Battlestar Galactica

Why do the bad guys always have the coolest looking ships? This amazing display, a half scale model of the Cylon Raider ship from Battlestar Galactica circa 1978, is the only one ever built to scale as there were none built for the actual production of the show!

Booth Highlights

Tattoo Alley had 20 artists from The Ink-Fusion Empire lead by Marc Draven. Ink-Fusion Empire is the only professional Tattoo program that has a license agreement with Lucasfilm LTD and works side-by-side with the likes of Stan Lee, Dave Nestler, Arthur Suydam, James O'Barr, and countless other TV and movie celebrities. Artist alley was packed each day with eager fans waiting for their next tattoo.

Panels, Photo Ops, Signings, much more

Many panels and photo opportunities took place this weekend, including Q&A with Stan Lee where he answered numerous questions from fans, photo opportunities with William Shatner and Caleb and Gaten from Stranger Things and much more.

Can’t wait for next year’s MegaCon Tampa Bay? MegaCon Orlando 2018 will take place from May 24 to May 27, 2018 – tickets go on sale in late November. MegaCon Tampa Bay returns September 21 to September 23, 2018. Check back at www.MegaConOrlando.com and www.MegaConTampaBay.com for ticket sales.

STAN LEE IS COMING TO MEGACON TAMPA BAY™ TO SUPPORT HURRICANE IRMA RELIEF EFFORTS - SEPTEMBER 29 TO OCTOBER 1

Tampa Bay, FL – September 14, 2017 – MegaCon™, the Southeast’s fan convention, has announced Comic Book Legend Stan Lee will appear at MegaCon Tampa Bay to meet his fans and support Hurricane Irma relief in Florida. For the next 2,000 MegaCon Tampa Bay tickets sold online, the convention will donate $5 per ticket to Feeding Florida, a statewide network of food banks working on the ground to provide families impacted by Hurricane Irma with food and emergency supplies.

“The generous support of the MegaCon Tampa Bay community will allow Feeding Florida to provide necessary supplies to our families directly impacted by Hurricane Irma,” said Robin Safley, Executive Director of the Feeding Florida. “Partnerships like this allow our statewide network of food banks to continue to support every community and provide many of the front-line services required during response and recovery efforts.”

“Florida is in need of some cheering up and what better person to do that than the one and only Stan Lee! We are excited to be bringing Stan to Tampa Bay for the first time and to work with him to support those communities impacted by Hurricane Irma.” says Andrew Moyes, Vice President of FanExpo HQ. 

In light of the recent natural disaster, Stan Lee will auction off experiences and items that money cannot buy, including a one-on-one meal with Stan The Man himself, and artwork from his personal collection. The auction will happen on Friday, September 29 during his panel at MegaCon Tampa Bay. You have to be in the room to bid!

Stan Lee’s personal auction contributions, combined with the funds raised from the ticket drive, ensure MegaCon Tampa Bay and their fans will donate an estimated $20,000 to Feeding Florida’s hurricane relief efforts.  

Three-day passes, as well as single day tickets starting at just $25, are available at www.megacontampabay.com/tickets. For news, guest announcements and more, please visit www.megacontampabay.com. 

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