KCON USA began as a one day event in 2012 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Irvine, California. While the convention was called KCON New York, for three years it was based at the Staples Center in Newark. This year, the New York convention, which takes place on July 6 and 7, is based at Madison Square Garden and the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. KCON Los Angeles, which takes place from August 15th through the 18th, will return to the Los Angeles Convention Center and Staples Center. KCON 2018 USA closed out the summer with a combined total of 147,000 attendees for its two U.S. events.

Source: Forbes March 12, 2019 14:48 UTC