Enjoy lots of photographs taken today around the San Diego Convention Center and Gaslamp Quarter. It’s Monday, three days before the official start of Comic-Con 2023!
Offsite activations are rising all over the place, new building wraps continue to appear, and there’s a definite sense of excitement and anticipation in the air!
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The Jurassic Park offsite is now setting up in East Village. I wasn’t allowed to take a photo through the front door, but it looks like this might be epic!Abbott Elementary wraps are going up on the exterior of Petco Park.Some shade is ready for fans waiting in line outside the San Diego Convention Center. It should be quite warm this week!The FX offsite is now fenced with graphics promoting many shows.Is this guy screaming in anticipation of huge crowds?Outside the FX site during my midday Monday walk.Peeking into the FX offsite.The huge building wrap on the Hilton San Diego Bayfront promotes FX mini-series Shōgun.Now walking down the bayside boardwalk toward Adult Swim on the Green.Another Comic-Con, another ride on the Adult Swim hotdog!The way I felt after a vigorous summer walk in the San Diego sunshine.Now I’ve reached the Hulu Animayhem offsite. Looks like a lot of hot air.Who are all these people just standing around?You can get your selfie with a favorite character.Workers are setting up the Dragon Ball offsite behind the Marriott. Looks like the layout is much like last year.They’ve got a couple days to get ready!The Wheel of Time building wrap on a Marriott Marquis tower looks pretty cool!I believe Hero House will sell pop culture collectibles and cool stuff. They were setting up beside Martin Luther King Jr. Promenade.Walking along MLK Promenade.Looks like Camp Snoopy is getting ready! The Peanuts offsites are always fun.Spooky black waiting area for the recently announced Interview With the Vampire activation at the Hilton Gaslamp.A recreation of a New Orleans street will await fans of Interview With the Vampire.Check this out! It’s the Quantum Leap activation under construction. I’ll bet fans walk in through that circular entrance…When visitors walk through here, will they travel through spacetime?NBC show banners at Baja Rick’s Cantina, which used to be the Tin Fish.Watch out! Here’s Chucky!The huge Yellowjackets wraps on the Hard Rock Hotel are finished.Yellowjackets video wall inside the Hard Rock Hotel.Putting up Yellowjackets banners along Fifth Avenue sidewalk.Paramount’s offsite The Lodge is looking great.A sneaky peek into The Lodge.Hasbro boxes in the windows of Sparks Gallery at 530 Sixth Avenue. This will be The VAULT: A Hasbro Pulse Store!National Geographic joins the Comic-Con fun with a big wrap on the Margaritaville Hotel. It promotes Arctic Ascent.
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