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ConDiego
GenreScience fiction/Fantasy
VenueOmni Hotel San Diego and the San Diego Convention & Performing Arts Center
Location(s)San Diego, California
CountryUnited States
InauguratedAugust 30-September 3, 1990
Attendance3,000

ConDiego was the fifth North American Science Fiction Convention, held in San Diego, California, on August 30-September 3, 1990 at the Omni Hotel San Diego and the San Diego Convention & Performing Arts Center.[1][2] This NASFiC was held because The Hague, Netherlands, was selected as the location for the 1990 Worldcon.[3]

Guests of honor

Information

Site selection

After "Holland in '90" was selected over the Los Angeles bid as the World Science Fiction Convention to be held in 1990 (as "ConFiction" in The Hague), the WSFS Business Meeting directed that a written ballot election be held at CactusCon, the then-upcoming NASFiC in Phoenix, Arizona, to select a NASFiC site for 1990.[3] San Diego, with 155 of the 184 votes cast, became the first NASFiC site to be selected at another NASFiC.[4]

Committee

  • Chair: Albert Lafreniere II

Events

Notable program participants

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Long List of NASFiCs". WSFS Long List Committee. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
  2. ^ Tilghman, Adam. "A Timeline of San Diego SF (& Related) Conventions and Events". San Diego Speculative Fiction Society, Inc. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Minutes of the Business Meeting 1987". The World Science Fiction Society. August 1987. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
  4. ^ Flynn, George. "NASFiC Site Selection". NESFA. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
Preceded by
4th North American Science Fiction Convention
CactusCon in Phoenix, AZ, USA (1987)
List of NASFiCs
5th North American Science Fiction Convention
ConDiego in San Diego, CA, USA (1990)
Succeeded by
6th North American Science Fiction Convention
Dragon*Con 1995 in Atlanta, GA, USA (1995)