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Pasadena vendor-owner tells council Convention Center allowed a duplicate event, cutting her market from three days to one

6497259 · October 22, 2025
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Owner and organizer Jornea West told the council the Pasadena Convention Center assisted another event organizer to run a nearly identical Nutcracker market on her traditional dates, reducing her long-running three-day event to one day and causing financial harm.

Jornea West, owner and organizer of the Bay Area Nutcracker Market, told the Pasadena City Council on Oct. 21 that the Pasadena Convention Center has assisted a competing event that she says copied her market’s name, dates and vendor pool.

West said the Convention Center’s involvement allowed a new event to adopt a nearly identical name and take her…

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