Anime Detour 2025

I can't remember when Anime Detour applications opened on Eventeny, but I applied on August 18th, 2024. I know I joined staff in 2024 for the 2025 convention year and they were going through some changes. I even got to design the pin for 2025 Spies and Syndicates! I don't know when applications normally open but people seemed to think they were pretty late. Either way, I feel like we got acceptances fairly quickly. Detour is a con that gets a lot of applications. I was accepted on November 17th, 2024 and paid on the 18th. They gave us until December 10th, 2024 to pay invoices, which felt like a pretty good amount of time. 

They also gave us the link to the Anime Detour discord. I always find discords great to join as you can advertise there before the event so people know to find you. This helped me a lot with my first convention, Momocon, in 2024.

On January 27th, 2025 they sent out several things that were relevant to selling at the event. This included the artist contract, table assignments, tax information (ST-19 for MN), hotel reservation links, badge information and the hours for load-in/selling/load-out. I was assigned table 77 in Artist Alley, so I am unsure if it's good or bad to be so close to the front. This was where the boba vendor was set up in 2024.



My personal advice is to just book the hotel when you apply. I am local so I don't have to deal with that for this event, just the parking situation. Setup on Thursday is limited to evening 3pm-7pm. You have way more time for setup on Friday before the event officially starts, as it's from 10am to 1pm. 

Badge pickup is on the 4th floor where the AA is. 

Before the Event & Setup

Stuff about load in and setup

The Event Itself
How was it by day

What Worked & What Did Not
Well tbd

Conclusion
TBD

The Details (TLDR)

Event: Anime Detour 2025
Dates: March 28-30, 2025
Location: Hyatt Regency Minneapolis, 1300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55403
Hours: Friday 1pm-8pm, Saturday 10am-7pm & Sunday 10am-4pm CST
Total Vendors: TBD 
Attendance: TBD
Travelworthy: TBD
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Booth Cost: $250.39
Total Sales: $TBD (this is before all costs are taken out)
Transaction Fees: $TBD
Taxes: $TBD
Total Profit: $TBD

 

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