Pensacola International Airport goes ‘Intergalactic' to kick off Pensacon Season
PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — The Pensacola International Airport has officially gone Intergalactic.
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Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves announced the temporary name change for the Pensacola International Airport ahead of Pensacon.
'I D.C. Reeves Mayor of the city of Pensacola do hereby declare by mayoral decree that Pensacola International Airport be known by all as Pensacola Intergalactic Airport,' Mayor D.C. Reeves announced Tuesday.
Officials said the airport going intergalactic is a tradition that has been going on for a while.
'We always love what the airport does it's been a tradition since Pensacon started and really we hear from the guests and the venders and even people coming from out of town to attend that say 'we feel like we're at Pensacon as soon as we get off the plane it's amazing',' Mike Ensley, CEO and Founder of Pensacon said.
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Cosplayers from all over are set to flock to the Pensacola Bay Center for the pop culture convention, and officials say their arrival makes a big impact on the local economy.
'Certainly when you see, when you inject thousands of people at the Bay Center walking around wanting to enjoy themselves on vacation that's always a great thing for us,' Reeves said.
Since its start in 2014, Mayor D.C. Reeves says Pensacon has brought in more than $28 million dollars in cumulative economic impact on Pensacola. Ensley says more than 30% of the attendees come in from out of town, with the event growing bigger and bigger each year.
'It starts with not only heads in beds, you know people coming in and traveling in and staying in hotels, but frequenting our local restaurants,' Reeves said.
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Pensacon is set to take place from Friday, Feb. 14 to Sunday, Feb. 16 at the Pensacola Bay Center.
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