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Confirmed: Comic-Con's[1][2][6] own site gives "Comic-Con 2026, July 23–26 at the San Diego Convention Center" with "Preview Night on Wednesday, July 22, 2026", and Times of San Diego[3][4][5] reports the mayor spoke "on the opening day of this year's event... Wednesday morning" (22 July), so the pin runs from Preview Night on Wednesday 22 July to the exclusive 27 July.- Start
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Comic-Con 2026 Takes Over San Diego
San Diego Comic-Con filled the San Diego Convention Center from its Wednesday 22 July Preview Night through 26 July 2026, expecting 135,000 attendees as the city secured the convention through 2030.
- Comic-Con 2026 ran July 23-26 at the San Diego Convention Center[1], with Preview Night on Wednesday 22 July, when the Exhibit Hall opened from 6 to 9 p.m.[2], and schedules also published for that Wednesday[6]
- On opening day, Wednesday 22 July, Mayor Todd Gloria announced that Comic-Con had committed to stay in San Diego through 2030[5]
- The show was expected to draw 135,000 attendees over its four days and generate $160 million in regional economic impact[5]
- It fills 460,000 square feet of exhibit space with more than 1,000 exhibitors and over 2,000 hours of events[5]
- A Saturday Hall H panel celebrated Star Trek's 60th anniversary and the fourth season of "Strange New Worlds"[4]
- Doctor Doom cosplay was everywhere ahead of "Avengers: Doomsday" in December[4]
- As the show ended on Sunday 26 July, organisers announced Con-style panel programming at the Comic-Con Museum in Balboa Park[3]