PROVIDENCE, R.I. � The crowd is so large at this weekend�s Rhode Island Comic Con at the Rhode Island Convention Center that the fire marshal is not allowing anyone into the venue because it�s at capacity.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. � The crowd is so large at this weekend�s Rhode Island Comic Con at the Rhode Island Convention Center that the fire marshal is not allowing anyone into the venue because it�s at capacity.

Shortly before 1 p.m, as the crowd inside swelled to at least 20,000 people, and the state fire marshal would not allow more people into show, which continues Sunday.

Those attending the show could be seen lingering outside the Convention Center, and two fire vehicles could be seen parked outside.

Rhode Island Comic Con posted this to their Facebook page at around 2:20 p.m. and says they will let people know through social media when they will be allowed in.

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At about�3 p.m., a crowd of several hundred stood behind the ropes inside the Convention Center. Some said they'd already been at the event, and were denied re-entry after they'd stepped outside.



"You're going to get in, be patient," Lawrence J. Lepore, general manager of the Rhode Island Convention Center, told the crowd. He said the fire marshal was doing an inspection "to see when people can be let in."

"We're closing outside," Lepore said. Anyone waiting in the rain would have to come back. He said tickets would be refunded.

Lepore said 17,000 attended Comic Con over two days last year.

"Now we're at 20,000 already," Lepore said. "Right now we're holding the doors."

Christine LaBarre was among those in the outside line that snaked from the Convention Center doors, down West Exchange Street.

"I live in Pittsburgh. I flew in this morning. That's why I have my luggage," LaBarre said as she gripped a wheeled bag. My sister and my sister's niece are inside ... hopefully we'll get in."

This item was published at 2:56 p.m. and last updated at 4:36 p.m.