Asbury Park has lost yet another major event.
The popular Comicon convention announced Monday that it will be moving to the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus after three years in Asbury Park.
Organizers say they had nowhere to go in the city after the Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel doubled their rate and told them the hotel was in the “wedding business and didn’t want any more conventions.”
Comicon, which launched at Asbury Lanes in 2012, has expanded every year, promoting comics, authors and dozens of exhibitors. About 7,600 people attended the convention in April, organizers say. In 2013, it was held at Convention Hall.