Dragon Con 1998
Sep 3–6, 1998
Dragon Con 1998 ran from September 3, 1998 to September 6, 1998 in Atlanta. This edition shifted to Labor Day weekend and used the Hyatt Regency plus AmericasMart space, drawing roughly 18,000 fans, showing how quickly Dragon Con was scaling from a regional fan gathering into a major downtown pop-culture convention.
By 1998, the convention was firmly centered on downtown Atlanta and its connected event spaces, with Labor Day weekend becoming the anchor that helped define the modern Dragon Con experience.