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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Founded | 1971 |
| Founder | Gary Berman and Adam Malin |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
Area served | U.S. |
| Services | Fan conventions |
| Website | creationent |
Creation Entertainment is an American for-profit entertainment company located in Glendale, California, which produces fan conventions for fans of various films and television series, mainly in the science fiction, horror, and fantasy genres. Creation Entertainment hosts about 20 conventions annually in various locations such as Chicago, Illinois; and Burbank, California. Creation was founded in 1971 by comic book fans Gary Berman and Adam Malin in New York City.[1] Since then, it has organized over 2,300 conventions.
Creation hosts the largest Star Trek convention in the world,[2] which occurs annually during the summer in Las Vegas, Nevada; they previously produced Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors conventions. The company has the "official" convention rights for such properties as Twilight,[3] Stargate SG-1, Star Trek, and Xena: Warrior Princess. The company is also a licensee of merchandise for many genre television series, including Star Trek, The X-Files, Xena, Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, Lost and Supernatural, producing souvenir items such as T-shirts, hats, mugs, autographed items and calendars.
- ^ Shenker, Israel. "Comic-Book Fans Gather for 'Creation '79': The Hand Is the Ticket," New York Times (25 Nov 1978), p. 26.
- ^ Venables, Michael. "Star Trek Las Vegas To Reattempt The World Record Gathering Of Star Trek-Costumed People". Forbes. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
- ^ "Twilight AZ", Creation Entertainment, archived from the original on July 25, 2010