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Why is BALTICON always on Memorial Day?

April 26, 2017balticon memorial day

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Why is BALTICON always on Memorial Day?

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In order to provide 8 tracks of programming we need a hotel of adequate size willing to provide us function space for a cost we can afford. This forced us onto a “dead hotel weekend” where the hotel cuts their rates and Memorial Day Weekend is one of the deadest of the “dead hotel weekends” in the Baltimore area. In the past we were on the Easter Weekend, but Memorial Day Weekend was considered more desireable by a survey we conducted in 1999 so we moved our weekend. Memorial Day Weekend also alowed us to expand the convention by 24 hours so there is more time for all of the enhanced programming SF fans can dream up.