Dealers Room Updates for 2024

Changes and New Things Hall A/B at Anthrocon 2024

The Art Show and the Con Store are moving! Con Store will be located at the East Lobby Information Desk, and Art Show will be located upstairs in rooms 323 through 330. With all that extra space…

The Dealers Room is expanding again! We understand there were a lot of dealers left on the waitlist last year, but with around 40% more tables it shouldn’t be nearly so bad. We’re putting out a lot more tables so you get off your feet for a minute or have a snack without standing. Now, those extra tables mean…

We’re bringing back the Mature Dealer Section, located along the east wall! One of the most common requests from visitors to the 2023 Dealers Room was a section dedicated to adult merchandise, and we’re eager to finally give it a try. The entire area will be curtained off and screened to keep minors out, so there’ll be some leeway for those dealers. Completely new for 2024 is…

Something we’re calling The Bodega! The Bodega is a new section intended for those folks who’ve outgrown the Artists Alley, but don’t want to make the leap to a larger table just yet.

Located between the Dealers Room and the Artists Alley in rows Q and R, The Bodega consists of 4 foot by 30 inch Half Tables only. For $100 you’ll get a PERMANENT LOCATION(!) with more room behind you, no restrictions on your displays (within reason of course), and the option to get things like power from the convention centre. One more thing…

• Half Tables will only be available in The Bodega, or at the convention if there are any. Single+Half tables aren’t affected.

Endcaps are now two tables rather than one! We noticed a number of dealers at endcaps ‘grew out’ a foot or so to the sides, so we’re going to offer more dedicated table space for those folks. This also means there’s more endcaps in general, and two dealers could even share one the endcap right out. Now for less exciting stuff…

• Because of the change to Endcaps, we’ll no longer be offering Triple or Quintuple Endcaps; these two options will be replaced with Quadruple and Sextuple Endcaps, the largest arrangement Anthrocon has ever offered. (Sextuple tables are only available with Endcaps and will very be limited.)

Friday’s grand opening will be reworked! We’ll be testing out a new ‘rolling entry’ method to hopefully avoid last year’s unplanned and unannounced early opening on Friday. More details will be available soon, but most importantly the opening time on Friday will be moved back to 11:30 AM from the traditional Noon. This means the loading docks will be closed a half-hour earier as well, and all vehicles must be off the floor by 11:00 AM.

There will be a Headless Lounge in Hall A. We hope this will help our fursuiter friends be able to navigate the Dealers and Concourse area for longer periods and reduce the risk of overheating.

Row ‘breaks’ will be staggered in 2024 rather than a straight-through path. This should cut down on people cutting through the back-of-table space by making it less obvious and convenient. A map will be up later in the year to make clear how this is being done.

The back-of-table space is changing in two important ways: first, the amount of space provided behind each table is now 7’ rather than 7'8", and second, every row will have an aisle straight down the middle of each row to make it far easier to get around the tables, especially for people with mobility issues, as well as no longer having dealers butt up against each other. The plan is to have the aisle marked off with coloured tape so it’s easy to tell where your space ends and the aisle begins.

Something dealers have requested for a long time: Table 01 will now be at the FRONT of the room, not the BACK. Sorry it’s taken so long!

Table Pricing for 2024

Our table prices for the Dealers Room are listed below. Please note: ELECTRICAL POWER IS NOT INCLUDED, except for Booths. If your table has a need for power, please contact our Dealers team once you have been confirmed for a space.

These prices are for Dealership space only, and do NOT INCLUDE a Dealer Membership! Dealer Memberships are the same cost as Attending memberships, and you may purchase upgrades to Dealer+Sponsor or Dealer+Supersponsor.

Standard tables

The following options do not include power (electricity). Requests for power can be made through the order forms that will be provided to approved Dealers.

• Half Table (4’x30”): $99
• Single Table (8’x30"): $200
• Single+Half Table (12’x30"): $325
• Double Table (16’x30"): $450
• Triple Table (24’x30"): $725
• Quad Table (32’x30"): $1000
• Quint Table (40’x30”): $1350

Endcap tables

The following options do not include power (electricity). Requests for power can be made through the order forms for 2023, to be provided to approved Dealers.

• Single Table (8’x30"): $400
• Double (16’x30"): $550
• Quad Table (24’x30"): $1100
• Sextuple Table (40’x30”): $1800

Booths

Small Booth: $1337

• 16’x16’ partially enclosed with four 8’x30" tables
• includes 20A electrical power

Large Booth: $1800

• 20’x24’ partially enclosed with six 8’x30" tables
• includes 20A electrical power

Dealers Assistants

Dealer Assistants must purchase their badges separately once the Dealer application has been approved. This option will become available starting on January 9, 2024. We STRONGLY recommend Dealer Assistants be named before the close of pre-registration; handling them on-site is slower for us, you, and them.