San Antonio will host the first-ever Military Con, a three-day convention built around the stories, technology and culture of military service, from June 4 to 6, 2027, at the Henry B. González Convention Center. Organizers describe the event as a mix of immersive experiences, gaming competitions, speaker panels and veteran-owned businesses spread across roughly 300,000 square feet, with a second stop planned for San Diego that September.
The event was announced by its organizers, according to Axios, which reported that Military Con is meant to celebrate the military community in a city long nicknamed Military City USA. Axios described San Antonio as a city with deep military roots. The San Diego leg, set for September 4 to 6, 2027, was confirmed on the event’s own site, which lists both cities’ dates side by side, according to militarycon.com.
Military Con is being produced by Two Dice Media, the company behind the project from Jennifer Worthington and former NBC executive George Kliavkoff, who teamed up to launch it, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter. San Antonio and San Diego were picked as inaugural locations specifically because of their deep military histories and sizable active-duty, veteran and military family populations, according to Military.com.
A Three-Act Structure Built Around Service
Each three-day stop will follow a narrative arc titled “The Call,” “The Mission” and “The Return,” according to the Hollywood Reporter’s coverage. Axios reported that each day’s programming will focus on a different phase of a service member’s journey — inspiration and the call to serve, mission preparation and the realities of service, and finally the experience of returning home…