JumpCon Cancels Weekend Boston Event

"Many factors that needed to come together to make it happen simply did not," said Shane Senter, the convention's organizer, in a statement. "We tried everything humanly possible and were unable to overcome the insurmountable obstacles. I wanted to see this succeed so badly that I was blinded to some warning signs that should have been obvious. I fully apologize to all the fans who've been inconvenienced by this late announcement and assure them that we're in the process of getting you all refunds."

JumpCon is the second major convention to fail this summer following the collapse of FedConUSA in Dallas on Memorial Day weekend which happened after the convention had already started.

JumpCon, however, had no name recognition, and in fact was a new idea developed by Senter that would plan a convention that would "jump" from city to city with a primary focus on stars from Star Trek properties as well as actors from "Battlestar Galactica," "Hercules" and "Babylon 5." But the idea hit serious trouble real early, according to TrekMovie.

Senter told the site that the collapse of FedConUSA forced one of his sponsors to back out. However, TrekMovie said it received reports that the problems with JumpCon started long before FedConUSA's issues went public. As early as Monday, Senter said he was working on finding alternative financing to keep the convention going, but by Tuesday morning -- just hours before being forced to cancel -- Senter sounded defeated.

"I am not giving up until I have exhausted every last resource I have, and I am almost [to] that point," he said.

John Billingsley, who played Dr. Phlox in "Star Trek: Enterprise," was one of the guests scheduled to appear at JumpCon, and was the celebrity on stage at FedConUSA when organizers announced the cancellation of that event. He told TrekMovie he got fed up with JumpCon last week because of missed contractual obligations from the organizers, and asked to be removed from the guest list, which he was.

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