When 20,000 Otaku Flooded the Streets of Baltimore

 

Courtesy of Anime News Network

Sources:

1.  Otakon 2010 Information - AnimeCons.com

2.  Otakon Data by Year - Otakon

3.  https://www.otakorp.org/events/

4.  “Otakon 2010 Hours of Operation” - Otakon (Archive)

5.  Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor

6.  “Otakon's Convention Center Evacuated Due to Fire Alarm” - ANN

7.  “Baltimore's Otakon Draws 28,000 Anime, Manga Fans” - Publisher’s Weekly

8. Fire Evacuation of Otakon, Baltimore Convention Center, July 31, 2010

9.  “Otakon 2010” - Otaku USA Magazine

10.  https://twitter.com/Otakon/status/20009778278

11.  https://twitter.com/Otakon/status/20011432416

12.  “Otakon fire drill! No kidding this time!” - Grig Larson

13.  “Fire Alarm Evacuates Otakon…convention war story potential.” - Anime Diet

14.  “False fire alarm was pulled at the BCC - All entrances are now reopened!” - Otakon (Archive)

15.  https://twitter.com/Otakon/status/20015646289

16.  “Otakon 2010 – page 11” - cwcomic.com

17.  “Panel Schedule Changes Resulting from Fire Alarm” - Otakon (Archive)

18.  “Dealers and Art Show hours have been extended by 1 hour due to the fire alarm.” - Otakon (Archive)