Star Wars Celebration Orlando: Star Wars Celebration not coming to Orlando

There will be no Star Wars trilogy for Orlando. The Star Wars Celebration fan convention that descended on the Orange County Convention Center in 2010 and 2012 is heading to Anaheim in 2015.

Star Wars Celebration VII will take place April 16-19, 2015 at the Anaheim Convention Center in California to coincide with cinematic release of Star Wars: Episode VII. The announcement was made Sunday at the conclusion of Star Wars Celebration Europe.

The official Disney-owned Lucasfilm event celebrating all things Star Wars brought its fifth and sixith U.S. gatherings to the Sunshine State, and many thought the seventh would follow suit.

Instead, Disneyland will benefit from the convention that Orange County Convention Center officials estimated brought $28 mllion to the region in 2012.

Tickets for Celebration VII go on sale August 7. Go to starwarscelebration.com for more details.

via Star Wars Celebration Orlando: Star Wars Celebration not coming to Orlando – OrlandoSentinel.com.