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 On 31 March 2008, the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) selected Milan, Italy to host Expo 2015 over Izmir, Turkey.
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| With over two years still to go before it opens, Expo 2010 announced the winner of its international design competition for a mascot. Over 26,655 entries were submitted from dozens of countries in May. After over 6 months, Haibao was chosen. He's based on the Chinese character "ren," which means "human." His blue color is said to stand for water, the future, and technology in general. More information on Haibao is available on Expo 2010's web site. |
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| The small coastal town of Yeosu, South Korea was selected as the host of Expo 2012 beating out rivals Wroclaw, Poland and Tangier, Morocco. Expo 2012 will be of the smaller "recognized" variety of exposition, lasting only three months and on a site with a very limited size. Both Wroclaw and Yeosu competed for the larger 2010 exposition that was awarded to Shanghai. |
The year 2017 marks the 150th anniversary of Canadian Conferederation and four cities in that country are considering placing bids for Expo 2017: Edmonton, Alberta; Hamilton, Ontario; Montreal, Quebec; and Ottawa, Ontario.
Ottawa's mayor has already announced plans for his city to bid for the 3-month exposition, which would be limited to 25 hectares in size..
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There are less than six months until the opening of Expo 2008 in Zaragoza, Spain. Our 2008 page has been expanded to include more information including a wonderful abundance of video about preparations via YouTube.
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With the bidding closed for world's fairs in 2012 and 2015, no North American city will be able to attempt a bid for an exposition until 2017 at the soonest. 2017 will mark 31 years since North America hosted its last exposition, Expo 86 in Vancouver, Canada. 2017 also will mark 33 years since the United States' last world's fair in 1984.
Popular opinion in North America holds that international expositions are simply no longer held. With an entire generation having grown up now having never known a world's fair, this is unsurprising. The chart below illustrates the frequency of international expositions among the continents.
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Europe, home of the first international exposition of 1851, suffered a similar 34-year gap from 1958 to 1992. This was followed by the four expos held since then and at least two planned to be held in the next nine years.
Even World War II resulted in a worldwide gap of only 18 years from 1940 to 1958.
Toronto, Ontario attempted to secure provincial and federal funds in order to place a bid for 2015, but was unable to meet the November bidding deadline. It is unclear right now when a North American city might attempt a bid again, but there are hopes of bids by a Canadian city for 2017 and/or a U.S.A. city for 2020.
The United States has an additional hurdle if it is to ever hold another world's fair. The U.S. Congress pulled out of the Bureau International des Expositions by withdrawing funds for membership in recent years and would need to re-join to bid.
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If you know of any expo-related web sites that aren't listed on ExpoMuseum.com, feel free to email: Links@ExpoMuseum.com.
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ExpoMuseum now has a mailing list group on Yahoo! groups to discuss world's fairs... past, present, and future. I invite you to join the dialogue or ask a question. We now have nearly 500 members with a wide breadth of world's fair knowledge, interest, and experience. It's located at: /www.ExpoMuseum.com/discussion
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