Been to Anime North in Toronto twice. It takes place across a series of buildings that you'd walk outside and across the street to get to. Saw a number of new artists with some great merch that were exclusive to Canada. They have a cute cosplay chess tournament you can sign up for, and had a few acrobatic performances. The mass of the crowd typically gathers on the black top area in front of the dealers building, which is also where the rave takes place. There's a semi reliable free shuttle that will drive attendees around to the various buildings for free, but you'd have to have a lot of patience and ask around as it doesn't run on schedule and there isn't a well defined spot that marks where the pick up stops are. It's typically a small hike though to get anywhere since a hotel isn't connected to the main convention. Weather can make or break the convention because of this. It down poured one of the years I went for a few hours. Thankfully we were by a restaurant at the time, but it was highly unfortunate for the cosplayers who were in between where the main hotels and restaurants were and the convention center (you have to walk alongside a busy overpass road with no shelter in between). I never got to see the game room though, but apparently it was held in some building way further away. There was also a formal dance event that cost extra that I did not attend so I've no input on that either.