Editing Minecon (section)

===2015===
{{External media|video1=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIdvjx6kDk4 MineCon 2015 Opening Ceremony Animation]}}
[[File:MineCon2015ExpoHall.jpg|thumb|right|The Expo Hall at MineCon 2015]]
{{Multiple image
| total_width       = 200
| image1            = Minecraft YouTubers Minecon 2015.jpg
| image2            = CaptainSparklez Minecon 2016 panel.jpg
| footer            = Popular ''Minecraft'' content creators participate and interact with fans and other creators at Minecon. Top center: [[Joseph Garrett]] (stampylonghead) with iBallisticSquid (left) and [[DanTDM]] (right) in 2015. Bottom: [[Jordan Maron]] (CaptainSparklez) on a panel in 2016.
| direction         = vertical
| alt1              = A man in a light gray shirt on stage holding a microphone being jostled by two other people in red shirts.
| alt2              = A group of panelists is on a stage with one man being projected onto a large screen above them.
}}
On 2 February 2015, Vu Bui announced MINECON 2015 would be held in [[London]], at the [[ExCeL London|ExCeL London Exhibition and Conference Centre]] on the 4 and 5 July 2015.<ref name="mojang-2015-announcement" /> Ticket prices were announced on 18 March 2015 and were set at £129. During the opening ceremony on the 4th of July 2015, animated by Element Animation Studios,<ref>{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRYsAi289ZA|title=''MINECON 2015 Opening Ceremony Animation – ULTRAWIDE''|date=5 July 2015|author=Element Animation|access-date=5 July 2015|url-status=live|via=[[YouTube]]|work=Element Animation|archive-date=9 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209215230/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRYsAi289ZA}}</ref> it was announced by [[Guinness World Records]] that MineCon had won the world record for the most attendance for a convention that is solely for one game, selling 10,000 tickets.<ref name="guiness-2015" /><ref name="ign-2015" />