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Comicpaloozaâs keeping the power-ups coming. Yesterday, organizers announced voice actors Sean Schemmel and Christopher Sabat of
Dragon Ball Z fame, as well as pro wrestlers Britt Baker and Christian Cage, will also be among this yearâs convention panelists.
In addition to playing the main protagonist and arch villain, in the intentionally popular anime show, Schemmel has spent 20 years voicing characters in properties ranging
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to the
Super Smash Bros. video games. Meanwhile, Sabat, who voiced Gokuâs longtime arch-rival, Vegeta, has worked on more than 650 properties, including
My Hero Academia.
Both multi-win champions, Baker became the first female wrestler to be signed by All Elite Wrestling while 22-time champion Cage (known out of the ring as William Jason Reso) left joined AEW back in March.
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“Our message for a while now has been that Houston is open for business,” said Michael Heckman, acting president and CEO of Houston First Corporation. “We’ve been able to balance public health, while also being able to move the city forward. We see an increased desire not only for leisure travel, but also for convention business.”
Indeed, Houston has managed to continue hosting events through some of the most difficult times of Covid-19, through a mix of fortune, planning, and investment. Through industry-wide initiatives such as Houston Clean whereby hotels, attractions, and public spaces across the city committed to enhanced health precautions and the new integrated viral protection system at Houston’s George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston was one of the safest places in the country to continue holding events. Further, the city sought GBAC STAR cleaning, disinfection, and viral contagion accreditation for many locations and installed a new virtual studio
To keep people safe from Covid-19, the Astros have implemented new safety regulations.
By
Catherine Wendlandt
4/8/2021 at 10:37am
The Astrosâ
and the fansâare back at Minute Maid Park, yâall. Yes, after a year and a half, a crowd can watch a baseball game in Houston, starting tonight with the Astros matchup against the Oakland Athletics.
However, if you saw all those photos and videos of the Texas Rangersâ sell-out, full capacity crowd Monday, and that made you nervous, donât worry. The Astros have implemented a series Covid-19 rules to keep people safe this season. Read the highlights below.
March 17, 2021
Consumer show producer Marketplace Events is growing its Texas footprint with the launch of two annual home and garden shows in Houston. Set to debut Feb. 11-13 and Oct. 21-23, 2022 at NRG Park, the new Houston Home + Garden Shows will join MPE’s three Austin and two San Antonio home improvement events as the company continues a multi-year effort to become the preeminent home show producer in the Lone Star State.
“As we begin to see light at the end of a dark COVID tunnel, the time is now for our industry to look forward to what can be gained, not backward to what was lost,” said Tom Baugh, CEO of Marketplace Events. “Our commitment to launching new, upgraded home shows at NRG Park in 2022 is the first of many steps Marketplace Events is taking across North America to do exactly that.”