The hotel and con center are located about 1/4 to 1/2 of a mile south of the CTA's Blue Line "Rosemont" station. If you look on their site, you can find several bus lines that make connections to that station as well. The Convention officially starts at noon on Friday, July 3; though I'm sure con goers will be out and about before then. This is my first AM as well, but I've attended conventions many times here before. Just be ready for additional traffic and possible restrictions due to the holiday weekend.

I accidentaly didn't put my full last name for my registration. Will I have trouble getting my badge because the last name doesn't match completely on my id? I don't have access to a printer to print out my email

I'm not sure if it was Midwest, but last year I remember there being a part of the con that had a Pokemon gaming room, or even a tournament. I was hoping there would be some kind of Pokemon gaming thing going on. If there isn't one going on officially, is anyone planning on organizing their own?

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So fairly new to meeting people at the con, when I usually go I stay to myself with me and my friends and take a few pictures if anyone ever wants one. Though, this year I want to experience more of AnimeMidwest and what it has to offer. I've only been to one or two panels and I've never been to any of the side events, aside from the gaming ones. I'm looking for some people who are cool with maybe hanging for a day and letting me tag along with them, maybe? I'm 17, male, and my biggest conversation has to be maybe Pokemon. I'll be accompanied by either a friend of mine or my brother if that's okay. Though, I'm also completely up for talking about new things that others enjoy.

If the offer to hang is still up, I'll be there all three days (in cosplay) and I love pokemon so I'd be glad to hang and talk.

Right on. Most of the restricted panels start after hours (10pm and so on). However if you are unsure about an even during the day the schedule provided online can tell you. Lap they will get a booklet at con with a map, and schedule of events that will say if they are not old enough to go to. They will check badges for these types of events. I hear they are using the scan code on the badges to check badges.