Overview

• Opening days brought very heavy attendance with long queues for entry, food and water points, and reports of difficult movement through the FYCMA halls.
• Paid meet‑and‑greet sessions drew criticism over prices near €90 for photos and about €66 for autographs, with some reserved slots not completed and refund requests reported.
• The convention spans more than 300 hours of programming across the full FYCMA complex and a 22,000 m² outdoor Village, anchored by the 3,000‑seat Hall M modeled on San Diego’s Hall H.
• The star roster features late addition Jared Leto alongside Aaron Paul, Luke Evans, Gwendoline Christie, Natalia Dyer and others, with Arnold Schwarzenegger slated as the inaugural edition’s patron.
• Local impact includes hotel occupancy around 90%, thousands of forecast carpool trips via BlaBlaCar, and a special EMT shuttle line linking the city center and transport hubs to the venue.