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Rhode Island Comic Con Oversold, Overcrowded

Posted by timothy on from the so-says-the-fire-marshall dept.

New submitter RobertJ1729 writes The Rhode Island Comic Con (RICC) is in the middle of a complete meltdown as hundreds are turned away at the door or denied reentry due to the event organizers selling far more tickets than the venue can accomodate. The Providence Journal reports that "According to Providence Fire Chief David Soscia, too many people were being let in at a time and the organizers were not correctly counting them. That led to over-congested areas in the building which has a maximum capacity of 17,000 people." Meanwhile the Rhode Island Comic Con Facebook page is being flooded with comments from angry attendees describing chaos both inside and out of the convention center. RICC initially posted, "Hello RICC fans! WE ARE NOT OVERSOLD!," and promised to honor tomorrow tickets sold for today. That post generated several hundred angry comments before eventually being deleted (though it survives in part on RICC's twitter feed). Commenters are alleging that RICC is deleting negative Facebook comments. Users are tweeting at #ricomicconfail2014 to vent their frustration.

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  1. Smell my vagina by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  3. Re:First hand report by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The fire marshal acted responsibly. Just imagine the shit he'd face if something bad did happen, and thousands of you bronies, nerds and other social rejects stampeded and killed thousands of each other in a mad rush to escape. He shouldn't have to suffer because of you freaks fucking up.

    And why the fuck wouldn't you keep your jacket, cell phone and your car keys with you at all times? Why the fuck would that woman abandon her retarded child? Why the hell did that man spontaneously need a wheelchair? Why did so many of you act so dumb?

    As far as I'm concerned, this fire marshal is a hero. He's saved the lives of thousands upon thousands of people, even if most (if not all!) of them are deviants and failures.