Collect-A-Con lands at the Freeman Coliseum and Freeman Expo Hall for one of San Antonio's biggest collector weekends on Saturday and Sunday, August 15–16, 2026. Collect-A-Con is the country's most-recognized multi-game collectibles touring brand — 900+ vendor tables, celebrity guest signings, gaming tournaments, exclusive merch drops, panels, and a show floor that spans Pokemon, Magic: The Gathering, One Piece, Lorcana, Yu-Gi-Oh!, sports cards, comics, anime, retro video games, Funko Pops, and pop culture. The August San Antonio stop is the metro's largest pop-culture-and-cards convention of the summer and a genuine destination weekend for collectors across Texas.
On the floor, expect every category the hobby touches. Pokemon coverage is famously deep at Collect-A-Con — sealed Scarlet & Violet booster boxes, elite trainer boxes, and modern chase cards; vintage WOTC sealed and graded Base Set, Jungle, Fossil, Team Rocket, and Neo in locked cases; Japanese Pokemon imports across every modern set; and PSA-graded slabs in every tier. Sports tables cover MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, UFC, boxing, and soccer with Topps Chrome and Bowman Chrome rookies, Panini Prizm, Optic, Select, Mosaic, and Immaculate, plus vintage Topps, Bowman, and Fleer. Magic: The Gathering from Standard through Reserved List vintage, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece, Disney Lorcana, and Dragon Ball all have major sections. Graded PSA, BGS, SGC, CGC, and Beckett slabs fill the high-end cases, with on-site grading drop-off typically available. Sealed wax, comics, anime merch, retro video games, Funko Pops, vintage toys, and the full supplies stack round out the floor.
Show hours run 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM both Saturday and Sunday. Tickets — General Admission, VIP early-access, and discounted Children's pricing — are sold through collectaconusa.com, and VIP gets you onto the floor ahead of the general-admission crowd each morning. The show is genuinely family-friendly. Confirm exact hours, ticketing tiers, the celebrity guest lineup, and the tournament schedule on collectaconusa.com/san-antonio in show week.
The Freeman Coliseum and Expo Hall sit at 3201 East Houston Street on San Antonio's East Side, next to the AT&T Center, with large on-site parking lots and easy access from I-35 and I-10. The venue's scale is what allows Collect-A-Con's 900+ table floor to spread out, and rideshare is the easiest move on the Saturday peak.
Who should attend? Collect-A-Con is built for serious Pokemon collectors, multi-game TCG players, sports collectors, anime and pop-culture fans, sealed-product flippers, autograph hunters, families with kids, and anyone who wants every category of the hobby under one roof. The 900+ table floor makes it both an efficient buying weekend and a full-energy social hobby experience.
To get the most out of the weekend, buy the VIP tier if you have a specific sealed Pokemon or vintage WOTC chase — that material moves fast at Collect-A-Con and the early-access window matters. Bring cash for the friendliest transactions (Venmo and Zelle as backups), carry a sorted want list with target prices, pack a slab case and a stack of top loaders, and bring a trade binder. For the latest details, check collectaconusa.com/san-antonio before you go.