All sorts of tasty sights are popping up around downtown San Diego before the start of Comic-Con 2023!
Today is Saturday. Check out some of the fun stuff I came across while walking around the San Diego Convention Center, through the Gaslamp and into East Village!
A funny hamburger with eyeballs promotes Good Burger 2 from Nickelodeon.The anime film Sand Land will have its world premiere screening at Comic-Con on July 21, 2023.This cool structure will be part of Hulu’s Animayhem activation behind the San Diego Convention Center.And beyond it, you can see the big Star Trek wrap on a Marriot Marquis tower.Archer prop probably needs to be transported over to the FX area.More structures being set up for Hulu’s Animayhem.I can’t wait to check it out during Comic-Con!Adult Swim on the Green hasn’t made much construction progress, seemingly.The FX offsite this year is under construction. It appears to be less elaborate than usual.FX will promote its shows here.Alice in Wonderland and the mad tea party have been painted on the windows of Starbucks at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront.Looking across Harbor Drive toward the huge Special Ops: Lioness building wrap.I love the FOX animation wrap on the Omni so much I took another pic today of one section!Looking toward the Gaslamp Quarter Archway from Gaslamp Square.Looking at Hard Rock Hotel from Gaslamp Square.Worker setting up the NBC offsite at Gaslamp Square.The NBC activation appears to have several structures.A big Yellowjackets wrap being applied to the front of the Hard Rock Hotel.This should look pretty cool when finished!Here’s one of the nearby Amazon Prime Video wraps: Invincible.Happy Does will be the site of Paramount’s “The Lodge” offsite.Workers busy getting The Lodge ready for Comic-Con.Part of the big Daryl Dixon wrap on the Pendry hotel. The dead are still walking on AMC.Dead City on a Pendry window.Fear the Walking Dead. I don’t want to become food, so I’ll keep my head on a swivel!A super cool activation at Ninth Avenue and J Street. It’s the Sonic the Hedgehog Speed Cafe!Sonic runs across an East Village window.A few would-be-Sonics were waiting in line for the unique culinary experience. Hungry fans weren’t moving too quickly, but quite excited!
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With four days to go until Comic-Con 2023 Preview Night, preparation for a massive crowd of pop culture fans descending on downtown San Diego is now in high gear!
Many Comic-Con offsites are in the early stages of construction. More buildings wraps are appearing in the Gaslamp Quarter and by the San Diego Convention Center.
Enjoy these photos from my long, very fun walk late this Friday afternoon!
Twisted Metal banners line Martin Luther King Jr. Promenade.A meaty wrap on one side of the Hilton Gaslamp.The big Fox Animation Domination wrap on the Omni appears over half finished.The stylish Interview With The Vampire graphics on the Hilton Gaslamp are among my favorites.
The following structure that has been erected in Gaslamp Square will promote NBC’s classic show Quantum Leap…
More fun FOX animation graphics on the Omni…
FX has begun building their Comic-Con offsite in their usual spot–the grass in front of the Hilton San Diego Bayfront hotel.
Looks like FX will have a big stage or video screen.
I suspect the big wrap on the Hilton will promote a show on FX.
Adult Swim has returned to their usual spot behind the San Diego Convention Center after their absence last year. They were just beginning to set up their offsite on the green.
A cool new offsite by Hulu, promoting Ani-mayhem, is setting up in the parking lot behind the convention center.
I climbed the stairs behind the convention center…
Look at all the trucks behind the San Diego Convention Center. They’re here for the big Morgan Wallen concerts at nearby Petco Park.Getting things ready under the sails of the convention center.
I got some great views from the convention center…
Back on Fifth Avenue in the Gaslamp, I checked out more Amazon Prime Video wraps…
Oops! Well, maybe that’s a new superpower.
And finally a look toward the Marriott Marquis hotel, as a big ESRI building wrap comes down and one promoting Star Trek goes up!
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Everywhere one turns in San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter there’s an explosion of color. Building wraps and banners are now rapidly appearing for Comic-Con 2023!
This is some of what I saw late Thursday afternoon, with less than a week to go before the start of Comic-Con.
And there will almost certainly be much more to come!
After the big Esri User Conference concludes today at the San Diego Convention Center, huge building wraps will likely appear on the sides of Petco Park, and on the Hilton San Diego Bayfront and the Marriott Marquis hotels!
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I live in downtown San Diego and love to walk around with my camera! You can follow Cool San Diego Sights via Facebook or Twitter!
A super cool San Diego Comic-Con tradition will continue in 2023! San Diego’s world-famous Donut Bar will be offering unique (and tasty) donuts that have to be seen to be believed!
The collection of donuts to be offered this year was previewed today. Joining Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman donuts are new edible creations that represent Captain America and Spider-Man. And there are Yoda and R2-D2 donuts to represent Star Wars. And, given the popularity of the recent Super Mario Bros. Movie, there are donuts for fans of Mario, too!
There are gold token donuts that work kind of like Willy Wonka’s Golden Tickets. Turn a token over, discover an image of Mario, and you win a trip to Universal Studios! There’s also a cool donut that features a replica of the most valuable Pokémon collectible card! And many more!
You’ll be able to grab some of these awesome donuts during Comic-Con, from Thursday to Sunday, at the Donut Bar downtown location (631 B Street), and in the heart of the Gaslamp at a pop-up shop inside the Pendry Hotel (550 J Street)!
Chef Santiago of the Donut Bar is smiling as usual.Spidey is clinging to a yummy donut!8-bit Mario for fans of old school video games.Wonder Woman.Yoda.
Look who welcomed yours truly to the Donut Bar. Princess Peach!
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I’m covering Comic-Con again this year. To see all my current and past blog posts concerning Comic-Con, click here and scroll down!
I live in downtown San Diego and love to walk around with my camera! You can follow Cool San Diego Sights via Facebook or Twitter!
With one week to go in San Diego until the start of Comic-Con 2023, preparations around downtown are accelerating!
More building wraps are appearing in the Gaslamp Quarter and near the San Diego Convention Center. Glimpses of outside pop ups and other fun stuff can now be observed, such as the above smiling chicken . . . or is that someone trying out a Cluckin’ Bell costume?
You might remember Cluckin’ Bell from the Grand Theft Auto video games. You’ll be able to visit a living replica of the fast food joint during Comic-Con. Cluckin’ Bell will be taking over Smokin J’s barbeque restaurant at 751 Fourth Avenue.
Please enjoy photographs I took today during a very long walk around Comic-Con’s outdoor “campus” in San Diego.
First up, I learned that internationally renowned graffiti artist RISK will be showing his artwork at Exclusive Collections Gallery in the Gaslamp at 621 Fifth Avenue. You can meet the artist the Friday and Saturday of Comic-Con week, from 5-9 pm. Here’s a photo of RISK’s Taz…
Posters advertising Twisted Metal on peacock are now all over the Gaslamp Quarter…
The Super Mario Bros. Movie art on the windows of Sweet Things Frozen Yogurt becomes ever more colorful…
Workers getting ready for Comic-Con 2023 clean up trash near the trolley tracks along Harbor Drive…
So many San Diego Trolley cars now have Comic-Con wraps that entire 3-car trains often display the same fun graphics…
Multiple building wraps can now be viewed in the Gaslamp…
The stylish Interview With The Vampire building wrap on the Hilton Gaslamp is pretty awesome…
A big wrap promoting Paramount+ show Yellowjackets is being applied to one side of the Hard Rock Hotel…
Look what has appeared on the Omni Hotel! That looks like Stewie of Family Guy!
And on another side of the Omni, I see Lisa of The Simpsons playing sax!
The Good Omens 2 building wrap I blogged about yesterday appears about done…
Right next to it another wrap is going up. Probably another Amazon Prime Video show…
Finally, here’s a new building wrap being applied to the Pendry San Diego hotel…
What show is this?
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I’m covering Comic-Con again this year. To see all my current and past blog posts concerning Comic-Con, click here and scroll down!
I live in downtown San Diego and love to walk around with my camera! You can follow Cool San Diego Sights via Facebook or Twitter!
Will Comic-Con 2023 goers be able to enjoy the entertainment provided by Vampire Theatre? If the early appearance of graphics applied to the Hilton San Diego Gaslamp Quarter hotel are any indication, perhaps!
I walked around this evening and captured more photographs of pre-Comic-Con activity. Perhaps you saw my previous blog post where I shared photos of building wraps that are materializing all over!
Here come a few more photos from my latest walk.
Interview With The Vampire is being applied to one window of the Hilton Gaslamp.
That Amazon Prime Video building wrap at Fifth Avenue and K Street has expanded during the afternoon. Friendly workers putting up the graphics told me the entire Hilton Gaslamp and this building adjoining it on Fifth Avenue will be completely wrapped on every side.
That wrap above when competed will advertise Good Omens 2. I got the following picture of a sample showing how it will appear. You can see where building windows will be in relation to the graphics…
And on the San Diego Convention Center side of the Hard Rock Hotel, a wrap is going up that promotes Yellowjackets on Paramount+ . . .
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I’m covering Comic-Con again this year. To see all my current and past blog posts concerning Comic-Con, click here and scroll down!
I live in downtown San Diego and love to walk around with my camera! You can follow Cool San Diego Sights via Facebook or Twitter!
Have you noticed those four working gas lamps in San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter? The ones that help light the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Market Street?
Walk beneath the lamps and you might notice bronze plaques embedded in the sidewalk. They indicate these working gas lamps were installed in 2002. You’ll also learn the idea to have real gas lamps in the Gaslamp Quarter was originated by the Coss family.
The Gaslamp Quarter in San Diego got its name because once upon a time, back when today’s downtown was called New Town, there were fifty gas lamps lighting the young city. Fifth Avenue was one of the principal streets, leading south to a wharf in San Diego Bay.
The dancing flames of today’s four active gas lamps are like spirits from the past. They add atmosphere to a historic district that features many old Victorian buildings, particularly at night.
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I’ve learned NBCUniversal will be returning to San Diego next month for Comic-Con 2023!
During my walk through Gaslamp Square this morning, I observed some guys measuring off an area where NBC has traditionally held their Comic-Con offsites. I spoke with one gentleman, and he told me the entertainment powerhouse is indeed returning. He mentioned the pop-up will include Syfy and Chucky, and will be more elaborate than the NBCUniversal photo-op walk-through that was built here in 2022.
I’m excited to see what this will be! There have been some really creative and engaging NBC Comic-Con offsites in past years.
Yes, I intend to cover Comic-Con again in 2023. I live downtown and I’m taking several days off from work. The San Diego Trolley wraps should be debuting soon. Stay tuned for lots of pop culture fun!
To enjoy all of my Comic-Con related photos over the course of many years (including hundreds of cosplay pics), click here and scroll down!
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When many think of San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter, the iconic Gaslamp Quarter Archway at the south end of Fifth Avenue comes to mind. The landmark sign welcomes one and all to downtown’s popular historic district.
This morning I noticed the old archway is being refurbished! Workers on two cherry pickers had finished painting the structure and were beginning to apply new graphics.
According to this web page, the last time the Gaslamp Quarter Archway was refurbished was 2012. The arch was originally installed back in 1990.
Here’s a pic I took a few years ago…
And here’s what I saw this morning…
I’ll head back to the Gaslamp this afternoon and see what progress has been made. I’ll post an update with more photos!
UPDATE!
This is what I saw mid-afternoon…
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