In 2000, Dragon Con co-founder Pat Henry spied a small Salvation Army parade in downtown Atlanta and thought, “We could do that!” So the next year, he invited some “Star Wars” and “Star Trek” groups, ...

The four-day convention draws tens of thousands of people to Atlanta and runs "round the clock" Aug. 30-Sept. 3 at five downtown hotels: the Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Hilton Atlanta, Sheraton Atlanta, ...