Editing MegaCon (section)

===Fan Expo===
[[File:MegaCon Tampa Bay Logo.png|thumb|MegaCon Tampa Bay logo]]
On April 7, 2015, it was announced that MegaCon had been sold to [[Informa]]. The con now operates under the auspices of Informa's [[Fan Expo]] group from [[Toronto]] and a regional office in [[Sarasota]], although it has maintained the MegaCon branding.<ref>{{cite news |first=Caitlin |last=Dineen |newspaper=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |title=Orlando's MegaCon sold to Informa |url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/2015/04/07/orlandos-megacon-sold-to-informa/ |date=April 7, 2015 |access-date=April 9, 2015 |archive-date=April 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240409085114/http://www.orlandosentinel.com/2015/04/07/orlandos-megacon-sold-to-informa/}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |first=Shelley |last=Mantei |publisher=Fan Expo HQ |location=Orlando, Florida |title=Informa Exhibitions Expands Pop Culture Convention Portfolio With MegaCon Orlando |url=http://fanexpocanada.com/wp-content/uploads/MegaCon-Purchase_Press-Release_04072015.pdf |date=April 9, 2015 |access-date=April 9, 2015}}</ref>
Following MegaCon 2015 it was announced that for the first time MegaCon will be extended to 4 days in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Busdeker|first1=Jon|title=MegaCon 2016: Convention extended to four days next year|url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/2015/04/13/megacon-2016-convention-extended-to-four-days-next-year/|access-date=23 April 2016|work=Orlando Sentinel|date=April 13, 2016|archive-date=April 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240409090533/http://www.orlandosentinel.com/2015/04/13/megacon-2016-convention-extended-to-four-days-next-year/}}</ref> as well as another mini-MegaCon event, "MegaCon Fan Days" in November 21–22, 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=MegaCon: Fan Days |url=http://megaconfandays.com/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120175636/http://megaconfandays.com/ |archive-date=20 November 2015 |access-date=26 September 2023 |website=MegaCon: Fan Days |publisher=Wayback Machine}}</ref>
Shortly after MegaCon 2016, MegaCon Tampa Bay was announced for October 28–30.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pavlinskaya|first1=Anastasia|title=MegaCon Orlando: Fantasy and Fandom|url=http://knightnews.com/2016/06/megacon-orlando-fantasy-and-fandom/|access-date=26 June 2016|work=Knight News|date=June 10, 2016}}</ref> MegaCon Tampa last happened in 2018 and has not returned since due to the increasing sizes of convention rivals [[Tampa Bay Comic Con]] and [[Metrocon]] as well as the size limitations of the [[Tampa Convention Center]]. [[Stan Lee]] made a surprise appearance at MegaCon Tampa Bay 2017, his last at MegaCon, to raise funds for those affected by [[Hurricane Irma]] weeks prior.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Biunno |first1=J. B. |title=Stan Lee was a superhero for Florida, attended MegaCon for Irma victims |url=https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/stan-lee-was-a-superhero-for-florida-attended-megacon-for-irma-victims/ |access-date=16 October 2023 |agency=WFLA |date=12 November 2018}}</ref>