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Posts: 393 08/06/2008 4:21 |
What happened to World Fairs? They don't seem as popular as they use to.
In 1960 the Seattle World's Fair but Seattle on the map with it's Space Needle and Monorail.  |
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SonofSargas |
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Posts: 3567 08/06/2008 6:05 Deck Hand
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they are still around... * 1962 - Seattle, Washington, United States - Century 21 Exposition Space Needle * 1964 - New York, New York, United States - 1964/1965 New York World's Fair (note- not sanctioned by the Bureau International des Expositions) * 1967 - Montreal, Quebec, Canada - Expo 67, (Universal and International Exhibition of 1967) the most successful Fair ever, drawing more than 50 million visitors. * 1968 - San Antonio, Texas, United States - HemisFair '68 1970s * 1970 - Osaka, Japan - Expo '70 (Japan World Exposition) * 1974 - Spokane, Washington, United States - Expo '74 (International Exposition on the Environment) * 1975 - Okinawa, Japan - Expo '75 (International Ocean Exposition) 1980s * 1982 - Knoxville, Tennessee, United States - 1982 World's Fair (International Energy Exposition) - Sunsphere * 1984 - New Orleans, Louisiana, United States - 1984 Louisiana World Exposition * 1985 - Tsukuba, Japan - Expo '85 * 1986 - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Expo '86 (1986 World Exposition) * 1988 - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Expo '88 (World Expo '88) 1990s * 1992 - Seville, Spain - Seville Expo '92 * 1992 - Genoa, Italy - Genoa Expo '92 * 1992 - cancelled (planned site: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) * 1993 - Daejeon (Taejon), South Korea - Expo '93 * 1996 - cancelled (planned site: Budapest, Hungary) * 1998 - Lisbon, Portugal - Expo '98 2000s * 2000 - Hanover, Germany - Expo 2000 * 2001 - cancelled (planned site: Metro Manila, Philippines) [3] * 2002 - cancelled (planned site: Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia) * 2002 - Biel, Murten, Neuchâtel and Yverdon-les-Bains in Switzerland - Expo.02 * 2004 - cancelled (planned site: Seine-Saint-Denis, France) * 2005 - Aichi, Japan - Expo 2005 * 2008 - Zaragoza, Spain - Expo 2008 2010s * 2010 - Expo 2010 o Shanghai, China - Expo 2010 * 2012 - Expo 2012 o Yeosu, South Korea * 2015 - Expo 2015 o Milan, Italy * 2017 - Expo 2017 o Edmonton, Alberta, Canada(possible bid) o Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (possible bid) o Lille, France (possible bid) o Montreal, Quebec, Canada (possible bid) o Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (possible bid) 2020s * 2020 - Expo 2020 o Copenhagen, Denmark (proposed bid)[4] o Houston, Texas, United States (proposed bid) o Manila, Philippines (proposed bid) o New York City, New York, United States (proposed bid) o San Francisco, California, United States (proposed bid) o Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia (proposed bid) 
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Posts: 50733 08/06/2008 8:07 The Cap'n
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Hell i don't even go to the State Fairs anymore.
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crazee cat ladie |
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Posts: 3381 08/06/2008 9:34
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Switzerland, Japan and Spain would be a long ways to travel. My family went to a world fair in Canada once....
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Posts: 10587 08/06/2008 11:05
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1967 - Montreal, Quebec, Canada - Expo 67, (Universal and International Exhibition of 1967) the most successful Fair ever, drawing more than 50 million
visitors. Me was there!
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (possible bid) Me live here! Thanks Sarg 
 
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Posts: 50733 08/06/2008 11:46 The Cap'n
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Buy me a souvenir!!!
The Boss Is Always Right |
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1941 willys coupe |
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Posts: 1406 08/07/2008 12:38
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Great info Sarg ! No York , Pa were we have the worlds oldest running fair supposedly !
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