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| type = [[Minecraft annual events|Minecraft conference]]
|title = MINECON 2016
|date = September 24–25, 2016
|location = Anaheim, California
|prev = [[MINECON 2015]]
|next = [[MINECON Earth 2017]]
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'''MINECON 2016''' was held in Anaheim, California from September 24 to 25. It was the last in-person MINECON. Mojang announced the [[Exploration Update]] during the event.

== Announcement ==
On March 7, 2016, it was announced that MINECON 2016 would take place in Anaheim, California from September 24–25.<ref>[https://youtu.be/1nP328vm5ik MINECON 2016 Announcement]</ref>

On April 18, 2016 the [https://minecon.minecraft.net MINECON Website] was published, displaying countdowns till tickets go on sale. A [https://registration.experientevent.com/ShowMCO161/Flow/ATTENDEE#/registrant//Dashboard/ link] to discounted hotel bookings is also available.

On August 12, 2016, it was announced that there would be news about the Pocket Edition API at the convention.<ref>{{tweet|searge|764033531223896064|There will be news about the API at Minecon. I'll talk about the things I'm working on and what our plans are. But no more details for now.|August 12, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{tweet|grum|764033531223896064|@SeargeDP the MCPE on, would be nice to say that too.|August 13, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{reddit|4xcq9m/searge_api_news_at_minecon|d6fzvrt|*one|grum|August 13, 2016}}</ref>

== Location ==
Anaheim Convention Center<br>
Location of Anaheim Convention Center: 800 West Katella Avenue, Anaheim, California<ref>http://www.anaheim.net/1117/Anaheim-Convention-Center-Arena</ref><br>
Location within the ACC for MINECON 2016 are Exhibit Halls A and D. The recommended entrance is through Exhibit Hall E, on the lower level.

== [https://eventbrite.com/e/minecon-2016-tickets-25082871544 Tickets] ==
On April 18, 2016, Mojang announced that tickets will be on sale on May 6 and 7, 2016.<ref name=2016Tix>https://web.archive.org/web/20160421093159/http://www.mojang.com/2016/04/minecon-2016-tickets</ref><ref>https://eventbrite.com/e/minecon-2016-tickets-25082871544</ref> The tickets were sold in two batches, each selling 6,000 tickets at $160 USD apiece (12,000 tickets in total).<ref name=2016Tix/> Attendees were also given discounted hotel bookings.<ref>https://registration.experientevent.com/ShowMCO161/Flow/ATTENDEE#/registrant//Dashboard/</ref>

'''Batches:'''

'''One:''' May 6, 6:00 PM PDT (9:00 EDT)

'''Two:''' May 7, 12:00 PM PDT (3:00 EDT)

== Cape ==
[[File:MINECON 2016 Cape.png|thumb|The MINECON 2016 cape.]]
Attendees of MINECON 2016 got an exclusive MINECON [[cape]], which depicts an [[enderman]].

== Videos ==
Videos can be found [https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZHdY_46KnYtCeXMULkHvXaQjVuOgAdGp here].

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
MINECON 2016 Logo.png|MINECON 2016 logo
Minecon 2016 Enderman.jpg|MINECON 2016 artwork
Pocket Edition Minecon 2016 Cape.jpg|MINECON 2016 cape
</gallery>

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