ride_4ever: (Fraser - facepalm)
[personal profile] ride_4ever
Alas, the lovely Pentagon City Residence Hotel in Arlington, VA will be closed permanently in September due to Covid-19 financial complications. What does this have to do with fandom, you may ask. This hotel has been the Con.TXT con hotel for several years. Con.TXT 2020 was cancelled due to Covid-19 and rescheduled to 2021 -- with the closing of the hotel that was already set to be the July 2021 Con.TXT location, Con.TXT 2021 has now also been cancelled.

(And btw, this was one of my favorite con hotels.)

Date: 2020-07-20 12:36 am (UTC)
sperrywink: (Default)
From: [personal profile] sperrywink
I always enjoyed contxt when I went.

sad

Date: 2020-07-20 12:39 am (UTC)
oldtoadwoman: Sam Winchester, Supernatural 14x17 (Sadness (pic2))
From: [personal profile] oldtoadwoman
Oh, that's sad. I'd never been (and it's been years since I've been to any convention at all), but… I dunno. Before I could blame my own laziness for not doing more fun things. Now that more fun things are disappearing altogether, I can't even pretend that "someday I'm gonna…"

I need something to fantasize about to look forward to and it's not going to be conventions or live theater or going out to dinner with friends for the foreseeable future.

My sympathies on losing one of your favorite con hotels.

Re: sad

Date: 2020-07-20 03:39 am (UTC)
oldtoadwoman: Sam Winchester, Supernatural 14x17 (Default)
From: [personal profile] oldtoadwoman
Yeah, virtual cons don't sound like fun. All my favorite con memories involve random conversations in nearby restaurants or hanging out in someone's hotel room et cetra.

I knew my answer would get long, so I typed it up here under my fandom tag.

short version: a bunch of Star Trek and Xena Creation cons that kind of blur together, an Earth2 con, a Stargate con, and a few other random things

Date: 2020-07-20 01:21 am (UTC)
juniperberry: AD/HD (blue poppies)
From: [personal profile] juniperberry
Oh, I'm sorry to hear that, dear. I've always been too broke to go to cons, but the closing of a hotel (and the subsequent cancellation of a long-standing convention) really sucks.

:hugs:

Date: 2020-07-20 01:46 am (UTC)
juniperberry: garlanded girl (garland)
From: [personal profile] juniperberry
Yikes, those are rough. I can kind of see the logic, but that's still rough.

:moar hugs:

Date: 2020-07-20 09:12 am (UTC)
clarasteam: Man in red Mountie uniform sitting at a desk with another man leaning over his shoulder (Fraser and RayK)
From: [personal profile] clarasteam
*hugs* ah, I'm sorry to hear this, both the loss of next year's con and of one of your favourite con hotels.

Date: 2020-07-20 01:32 pm (UTC)
clevermanka: default (Default)
From: [personal profile] clevermanka
Ugh. Just one more shitty thing to add to the pile. I'm sorry, bb, that sucks a lot.

Date: 2020-07-20 01:44 pm (UTC)
hurry_sundown: (Default)
From: [personal profile] hurry_sundown
Well damn and a half. I was signed up for this year, but looking forward to next year.

Date: 2020-07-20 02:01 pm (UTC)
hurry_sundown: (Default)
From: [personal profile] hurry_sundown
Sad am I. But someday ...

Date: 2020-07-21 07:18 am (UTC)
navaan: (Westworld Maeve)
From: [personal profile] navaan
Oh no. :( That's so sad to hear and I'm sorry you're losing one of your fave venues. So sad that it means the cancellation of two cons in row too. *hugs and sympahties*

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