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PHOTOS: Dragon Con festivities kick off in Atlanta
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Credit: JOHN SPINK / AJC
September 2, 2021 Atlanta: Drier air is filtering into North Georgia, lowering humidity and dropping temperatures as the Dragon Con crowd has arrived in Atlanta as hundreds lined up outside the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel at 165 Courtland Street in downtown Atlanta on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. An estimated 40,000 people are expected to show up over the five-day event running from Sept. 2 to 6. That is far below the 2019 attendance of 89,000, the most in the convention’s 34-year history. The 40,000 mark is closer to how many people showed up a decade ago. Panel rooms will be kept to two-thirds capacity and cleaned regularly. There will be plenty of celebrities on hand, “Star Trek” legend William Shatner tops the list. “Star Trek Discovery” and “Walking Dead” star Sonequa Martin-Green and “Shazam” lead Zachary Levi are scheduled to appear. So are “Battlestar Galactica” stars Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell and Tricia Helfer. Atlanta resident Louis Gossett Jr., a key part of HBO’s “Watchmen.” The Saturday morning parade that typically attracts thousands of non-convention viewers will be limited to only those viewers with a convention badge to watch from the sidewalks. Those with outdoor plans will be treated to “perfect weather conditions all the way through Saturday,” Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Eboni Deon said. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
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