Geekfest

Nice little comic-​con… Room for improvement.
This is the 4^th year for Geekfest. They have been in the same location since its inception. Once a year the Grand Palm Room of Florida Atlantic University turns into a haven for Geeks of all manner. If your poison of choice is comics, they got ‘em. Into video games? There are some set up to play and tons of game related merchandise to buy. Like Animé? It’s everywhere!
The admission is $ 11.00 to get in. Which is great for a con. If you happened to have yourself some BelleChere Bucks (this year’s headlining cosplay guest) that price dropped down to $ 10.00. FAU student? Free. Doesn’t get better than that. Your admission band also qualifies you for the all you can eat $ 7.50 buffet at the FAU dinning hall. The Food selection was incredible. The quality was highly edible. You certainly knew you weren’t in a 4 star restaurant, but for college food? It was pretty damn good. Would have made my college cafeteria jealous.
The booths and vendors were all very nice and had plenty of product on hand. There were events and raffles and cosplay contests throughout the 3 day fest. Things were very low-​key and relaxed. Walking down the halls you could find the likes of Shredder and Blackcat strolling and reclining on chairs lining the hallways. You could see the King and Queen with their Raptor Birds of Prey. They even pulled out the cutest little owls which watched all the action with their giant eyes.
If there was one downside to the con it would be the venue itself. I would say that Geekfest might have outgrown the comfy confides of The Grand Palm. The layout is a little disjointed at this point. There are rooms downstairs and more rooms upstairs. Like the roads of Boston, you have to know where you are going… and how to get there. We couldn’t find one hall so we missed the Black Butler Drag show and Starlord Dance Off. The upstairs was not really staffed so it was just large college classrooms from end to end. We looked into some of the rooms but didn’t find anyone in drag!
Part of what makes Geekfest so comfortable and accessible (and cheap!) is the scale of the show. However, in order for it to get to the next level, if that is even the desire, the prompters have to transplant it to a larger more capable location. With that accomplished they would be better able to attract more people and guests. The event would run smoother and they would be able to host and do more.
Hopefully this is the small con that can.