Several California cities are trying to lure Comic-Con away from San Diego

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Since 1970, Comic-Con International has called San Diego home, but that could be changing in the near future.

The enormously popular Comic-Con, which attracts over 130,000 comic book and pop culture enthusiasts every year, has outgrown the 615,700 square foot San Diego Convention Center. The city planned an expansion, but that has been stalled after a court ruled against its financing plan. The current contract with San Diego is good through next year, but other cities have expressed interest in bringing Comic-Con to their large convention centers, including Anaheim and Los Angeles.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.