Comic-Con Legal Troubles - Leaving San Diego?

Comic-Con and San Diego have gone together ever since the 1970s, but some new legal troubles with an expansion proposal for the city has the iconic convention possibly looking for a new home. Considering Comic-Con keeps growing each year, the city needs to expand as well. Now it doesn't look like San Diego will remain the hub for entertainment each year.

This legal trouble is summed up by The Hollywood Reporter in this excerpt:

The ruling, passed down from the Fourth District Court of Appeal earlier this month, struck down a proposed levy on hotels in the area around the San Diego Convention Center - a levy which was relied upon to foot much of the projected $520 million cost of the planned expansion for the Convention Center. On Tuesday, the San Diego City Council decided not to appeal the ruling, leaving the future of the expansion project in doubt.

"We're going to have to spend some time figuring out a way to pay for this project or find a new one," San Diego council president Todd Gloria revealed.

Meanwhile, Comic-Con International representative David Glanzer told THR, "any decision to remain in San Diego has always been based on a variety of issues, including hotel room rates, available meeting space and other concerns, none of which necessarily override the other."

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(via The Hollywood Reporter)