Phoenix Fan Fusion 2022 Has Been Rescheduled – Here’s Why

It's moving a few months later on the calendar.

September 7, 2021

A crowd inside the Phoenix Convention Center during Phoenix Fan Fusion 2019. Benjamin Leatherman

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If you’re hoping to attend Phoenix Fan Fusion next year, your plans are about to change. The popular geek event's been moved deeper into 2022 on the calendar, and you probably can guess why.

Square Egg Entertainment, the local company behind the convention, announced on Tuesday they’re rescheduling Phoenix Fan Fusion for Memorial Day weekend because of concerns over the growing spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19. The multi-day convention was originally set to take place from January 14 to 16 at the Phoenix Convention Center and will now happen from May 27 to 29.

A statement by Square Egg posted to social media read: “We’ve been looking forward to seeing you all at our next convention, unfortunately, we’re going to have to wait just a bit longer. Considering the current degree of uncertainty over the Delta variant surge we will not be holding our, 2022 convention … We feel this is the best option, as the safety and well-being of our attendees and participants is of utmost concern to us.”

Phoenix Fan Fusion last took place in May 2019 as last year’s event was canceled because of COVID-19. A 2021 edition was originally considered by Square Egg before the company postponed it until January 2022.

Square Egg also said that any tickets purchased for 2022 will be automatically transferred over to the new dates. Anyone with questions or concerns about the matter is asked to e-mail [email protected].

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Benjamin Leatherman is a staff writer for Phoenix New Times where he focuses primarily on arts, culture, music, and nightlife. He began writing for New Times in 2003 and joined the staff full-time in 2005. Prior to that, he contributed to magazines such as Tips & Tricks and The Wrestler. Benjamin has earned multiple awards from the Arizona Press Club including an award for sports enterprise reporting in 2009 and an award for statewide arts reporting in 2014. He holds a bachelor’s of arts in journalism from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

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