Exxxotica Expo

The Exxxotica Expo had its first show in May 2006 at the Miami Beach Convention Center. The Exxxotica Expo would continue to be held each year at this venue through 2012.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}} After the 2012 show, the event organizers announced that the expo would be moving to Fort Lauderdale in 2013. The event would go on to be held in Fort Lauderdale in 2013 and 2014, but did not return in 2015, thus ending a nine-year streak of Exxxotica shows in Florida. Exxxotica returned to Florida in July 2018, with a show at the Miami Airport Convention Center.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

In 2008, the event was expanded to the New York/New Jersey market. The 2008 and 2009 shows were billed as "Exxxotica NY", although both shows actually took place in New Jersey. The 2008 event was originally scheduled to be held in Secaucus, New Jersey. Days before the event, Secaucus officials filed a suit to stop the event from taking place, alleging that the convention would violate state law prohibiting liquor license owners from presenting pornographic material. Exxxotica convention organizers voluntarily moved the convention to the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center in Edison, New Jersey.{{cite web|last=Burd|first=Josua|title=UPDATE: Despite criticism from mayor, porn convention moves to Edison after Secaucus opposition|url=http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20080909/NEWS/80909029/UPDATE-Despite-criticism-from-mayor-porn-convention-moves-to-Edison-after-Secaucus-opposition:|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150826224013/http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20080909/NEWS/80909029/UPDATE-Despite-criticism-from-mayor-porn-convention-moves-to-Edison-after-Secaucus-opposition:|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 26, 2015|work=MyCentralJersey.com|publisher=Gannett|access-date=May 16, 2013}} The Edison show would go on to attract over 18,000 attendees that year, and this event continues to be held yearly at the Edison venue. In September 2010, a lawsuit against a former Secaucus mayor surfaced due to the cancelling/moving of the convention to a different area. In addition to the yearly show in Edison, Exxxotica held its first show in Atlantic City at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino & Resort in April 2013. Another show would be held at the same venue in Atlantic City in 2014, but Exxxotica would not return to Atlantic City in 2015. In November 2017, Exxxotica celebrated their tenth anniversary in Edison, N.J., with a record attendance of about 30,000 attendees over the three days of the expo.

The inaugural Exxxotica Fan Choice Awards, also called "The Fannys", was held on April 20, 2013, in the Grand Ballroom of the Trump Taj Mahal and was hosted by pornographic actress Alexis Texas and comedians Jim Florentine and Don Jamieson.{{cite web|url= http://www.xbiz.com/news/160578|title= Alexis Texas to Co-Host Exxxotica Fan Choice Awards, Finalists Announced|access-date= April 14, 2014|author= John Sanford|date= March 14, 2013|work=XBIZ}} The award nominees and winners is both selected by the fans through voting.{{cite web|url= http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Winners-Announced-at-Inaugural-Fannys-Ceremony-513923.html|title= Winners Announced at Inaugural Fannys Ceremony|access-date= April 14, 2014|author= Peter Warren|date= April 22, 2013|work= AVN|archive-date= July 22, 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130722182251/http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Winners-Announced-at-Inaugural-Fannys-Ceremony-513923.html|url-status= dead}} In February 2013, the show's "BBW Performer of the Year" category was renamed from "Hungry Hungry Hottie" to "Whole Lotta Love" after the category's at first title was deemed offensive by the genre's fans and performers.{{cite web|url= http://www.xbiz.com/news/159834|title= Exxotica Fanny Awards Rename BBW Category|access-date= April 14, 2014|author= Chad Mayer|date= February 21, 2013|work=XBIZ}} The second annual Fanny Awards show was held on April 12, 2014, at the Trump Taj Mahal's Xanadu Theatre and was hosted by pornographic actresses Allie Haze and Tori Black and comedian Bonnie McFarlane.{{cite web|url= http://business.avn.com/articles/video/2nd-Annual-Fannys-Presented-556524.html|title= 2nd Annual Fannys Presented|access-date= April 14, 2014|author= Peter Warren|date= April 13, 2014|work= AVN|archive-date= May 10, 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170510083047/https://avn.com/business/articles/video/2nd-annual-fannys-presented-556524.html|url-status= dead}}

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For 13 years until 2009, the biggest adult show in Los Angeles was Erotica LA, with attendances of up to 30,000.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/la-xpm-2011-jul-06-la-fi-porn-conventions-20110706-story.html|title=How many adult entertainment expos can L.A. support?|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|first=Hugo|last=Martín|date=6 July 2011}} The Exxxotica Expo held its first show in Los Angeles at the Los Angeles Convention Center on July 9–11, 2010, bringing in about 15,000 attendees.{{cite web|title=Exxxotica Show Debuts in Los Angeles|url=http://www.xbiznewswire.com/view.php?id=122665|work=XBizNewsWire.com}}{{dead link|fix-attempted=yes|date=February 2021}} The decision to hold a show in Los Angeles came in part because Erotica LA, a similar consumer adult entertainment event, decided not to hold a show in 2010. The Exxxotica LA shows drew in the lowest attendance of the three locations.

The Exxxotica Expo took place again at the Los Angeles Convention Center on August 26–28, 2011.{{cite web|title=Exxxotica Los Angeles 2011 – Day 2 Gallery|url=http://www.disarraymagazine.com/2011/09/exxxotica-los-angeles-2011-day-2.html|website=Disarray (blog)|date=6 September 2011}} 2011 was the final year that Exxxotica held a show in Los Angeles.

The Exxxotica Expo held its first show in the Chicago area in July 2011, taking place in July at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois.{{cite magazine|magazine=Time Out|title=eXXXotica 2011 at Donald E. Stephens Convention Center: Expo report + photo gallery|url=https://www.timeout.com/chicago/sex-dating/exxxotica-2011-at-donald-e-stephens-convention-center-expo-report-photo-gallery|first=Tyler|last=Curtis|date=10 July 2011}} The show attracted the record 26,500 attendees, eclipsing the previous record of 24,000 set in 2008 in Miami Beach.

The Exxxotica Expo held a show in Columbus, Ohio at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in August 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2016/08/25/exxxotica-expo.html|title=Exxxotica Expo|website=Columbus Alive|first=Abernathy|last=Miller|date=25 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829095221/https://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2016/08/25/exxxotica-expo.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 August 2016}}

The Exxxotica Expo held its first show in Dallas at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in August 2015. The event drew more than 15,000 attendees, and organizers planned to hold another show at the same venue the following year. However, in February 2016, the Dallas City Council voted 8–7 to ban the event from the venue. The organizers filed for a temporary injunction, which was rejected by US District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater.{{cite magazine|magazine=Time|url=https://time.com/4303986/dallas-erotica-convention-ban-exxxotica-expo/|title=Federal Judge Upholds Dallas Erotica Convention Ban|author=Katie Reilly|date=21 April 2016}}

The legal battle between the city of Dallas and Exxxotica would continue for several years, ending in 2019 when the Dallas City Council signed off on paying Exxxotica's founder $650,000 to settle the suit.{{cite web | url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/dallas-settles-exxxotica-porn-convention-lawsuit-for-650000-11686155 |title=Dallas Settles Exxxotica Porn Convention Lawsuit for $650,000 |author=Stephen Young|date=13 June 2019 |work=dallasobserver.com}}

Exxxotica took place in Aurora, Colorado in 2017 at the Crowne Plaza Airport Convention Center.{{cite news|title=A stroll through @Exxxotica Denver 2017 with tons of great pics + a video!!|url=http://www.naughtynews.network/stroll-exxxotica-denver-2017-tons-great-pics-video/|website=Naughty News Network|date=10 April 2017}}{{Cite web |title=Adams County Personal Property Profile |url=https://gisapp.adcogov.org/quicksearch/doreport.aspx?pid=80003681 |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=Adams County Personal Property Profile}} The show returned to the center in April 2018.{{cite web|title=Exxxotica Expo: Crowne Plaza DIA Convention Center|website=Channel 93.3 – Colorado Alternative|url=https://ktcl.iheart.com/calendar/event/5ab2cb71bc6f66f49147ffcd/|date=7 April 2018}}

The first show in Portland, Oregon was June 7–9, 2019, at the Portland Expo Center.{{cite web|title=Exxxotica|url=https://www.expocenter.org/events/exxxotica|website=Portland Expo Center|access-date=8 February 2021}}

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