SaikouCon

SaikouCon was an annual three-day anime convention held every August at the Mountain Laurel Resort in White Haven, Pennsylvania. The convention's name, which translates to "best convention" in Japanese, reflected its ambition to provide a premier anime experience. Notably, SaikouCon was the first anime convention to be hosted in the Lehigh Valley.

Programming
The convention typically offered a dance party, costume contest, concerts, a merchant’s hall, tabletop games, video games, and workshops. The 2014 charity auction benefited the Dave Thomas Foundation and St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.

History
SaikouCon was located at the Holiday Inn Conference Center Lehigh Valley in Breinigsville in 2013 and 2014. In 2015, the convention moved to the Best Western Lehigh Valley Hotel Conference Center. SaikouCon then moved from the Split Rock Resort in Lake Harmony back to Allentown in 2017, taking place at the Holiday Inn Center City. The 2018 convention was held at the Econo Lodge Conference Center in Allentown. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, SaikouCon was postponed in 2020. SaikouCon 2021 was cancelled due to a lack of programming and operational problems, leading to the convention's closure.

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