Get out in front of an amazing audience!
Overview
Thank you for your interest in sponsoring METROCON! This year will be the 22nd METROCON ever, and we’re hoping for yet another record breaking year (our last three years have been record-breaking growth and attendance years for our event)! With our sensational stage shows, a huge vendors’ area, and an incredible atmosphere, we have no place to go but up – and we want you to come with us for the ride! Our space this year is over 600,000 sq ft, occupying the entire Tampa Convention Center, and we are a full three-day experience.
Now, here is where you get the chance to use METROCON’s success to help your business grow!
There are several ways to get your name/products to our attendees – take a look at our attendance, the options for advertising with us or sponsoring us, and see what makes the most sense for you and your group – if you ever have any questions or would like to talk through sponsorship options, email CEO and Convention Owner Alex Craddock at alex@metroconventions.com.
Get your brand out in front of our attendees with digital, social, and merch advertising! As a reminder, we’re a PG-13 event, so if you’re looking to advertise with us ensure that your advertising is going to be in line with our content and audience.
METROCON partners with dozens of companies every year, and many choose to leverage our wide Social Media presence to promote their product or service. We’re also primarily looking for companies relevant to the spaces we serve: anime, video games, and pop/internet culture. Reach out to us today to talk about rates, potential engagement, and timing.
We maintain a strong database of past and current customers, and we have the power to get you in front of them. We do banner sponsorships, linked images, featured full email blasts, and more.
Contact us to discuss email campaign advertising pricing and options.
We’ll include your logo on our badges as a partner for advertising purposes – this usually gets included with another form of advertising or sponsorship although it can be a standalone option.
The METROCON Convention Guide is roughly 16-20 pages each year. The magazine-sized publication is issued free in digital format with membership to all METROCON attendees. Note: No print guides are issued anymore. The Convention Guide will contain convention site layouts, programming, and biographical information concerning our guests.
METROCON reserves the right to refuse ads based on questionable content or aesthetic value. METROCON is a family-friendly convention. The convention guide will also function as an advertisement and press kit for METROCON and will be given to future guests, and members of the press.
Deadlines:
Ad submission and payment deadline is June 1, 2024. METROCON does not guarantee the placement of any ad in a specific section (except for the ads on the cover). Any cancellations or corrections must be in writing and received prior to the deadline.
Prices and Sizes (All ads are full color, CMYK preferred)
| Interior Ads | Price |
| Front inside cover 8.375″ x 10.875″ | $2000 |
| Back inside cover 8.375″ x 10.875″ | $2000 |
| Full page standard 8.375″ x 10.875″ | $1000 |
| Half page tall 4.1875″ x 10.875″ | $500 |
| Half page wide 8.375″ x 5.4375″ | $500 |
| Cover Ads | Price |
| Back cover 8.375″ x 10.875″ | $5000 |
METROCON has a variety of contests and tournaments throughout the event – from our nationally acclaimed costume contest to our video game tournaments in the METROcade, we have tons of champions in need of loot! We’re always open to prize sponsorships – either through direct donation or cash sponsorship.
Prize donors are mentioned by name in the contest where their prizes are utilized, and in a social media thank you post after the event.
Contact us to arrange a prize sponsorship.
We are always looking for partners to sponsor lanyards, merchandise bags, and other items for the convention! Anything we can giveaway to our attendees is a perk for them, and we want them to have the best possible experience! We often take donations of merchandise to giveaway, or you can financially sponsor a joint-effort merch collab where you give us the content/logo, and we’ll get it into rotation of our merch! Contact us for rates and to set up a meeting.
We’ll include your logo on our badges as a partner for advertising purposes – this usually gets included with another form of advertising or sponsorship although it can be a standalone option.
Some sponsors prefer to come in person – engaging directly with our attendees and collecting information while demonstrating their product or showing off their service.
If you’re interested in a sponsorship package that includes booth space, reach out to us at the link below to discuss package rates and benefits.
We love customizing sponsorship packages – especially for local businesses and companies working directly in the anime, video game, and Japanese culture spaces. If you’re looking to maximize your ROI and partner with a long-standing part of the convention industry, we might have just the spot for you with a customized package!
Contact us today to set up a meeting and plan out your custom sponsorship package.