Guardian Posted February 20, 2005 Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 The next one is Nagoya 2005. No, the next one is in Aichi (Japan) in 2005 and then an International Expo in Zaragoza (Spain) in 2008 Aichi is the name of the prefecture in Japan. The Nagoya AREA is the host site. And, yes, Zaragoza is the next official Expo, but Phoenix may try something here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LA84 Posted February 20, 2005 Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 Unfortunatly, with Disney World/Disneyland, Six Flags and a host of other amusement parks, I think trying to host another World's Fair in the U.S. is foolish and hope San Francisco isn't serious about '15. NYC '64-'65 was the last successful one. Spokane '74, Knoxville '82 and New Orleans '84 were all not well attended. There was a move to have one in Chicago in 1993 to celebrate the centennial of the 1893 Columbian Exposition, but that went by the wayside when it became apparent that Knoxville and New Orleans did not do very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted February 20, 2005 Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 Unfortunatly, with Disney World/Disneyland, Six Flags and a host of other amusement parks, I think trying to host another World's Fair in the U.S. is foolish and hope San Francisco isn't serious about '15.NYC '64-'65 was the last successful one. Spokane '74, Knoxville '82 and New Orleans '84 were all not well attended. There was a move to have one in Chicago in 1993 to celebrate the centennial of the 1893 Columbian Exposition, but that went by the wayside when it became apparent that Knoxville and New Orleans did not do very well. Unfortunately, the BIE did not recognize the '64-'65 New York Fair. As for the Spokane 1974, I think it was the smallest Expo ever with only NINE main national pavilions. Not this 100+ that seems to be a norm nowadays. As for San Fran's supposed 2015 bid, that could be difficult. First of all, the USA withdrew its membership to the BIE. Therefore, if the city does bid, it must wait longer than other contenders whose countries are members and have first cracks at wooing the BIE members. Also, this Phoenix 2008 "upstart" could make things worse for San Fran, if it does go ahead because it is not sanctioned by the BIE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LA84 Posted February 20, 2005 Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 Unfortunately, the BIE did not recognize the '64-'65 New York Fair. As for the Spokane 1974, I think it was the smallest Expo ever with only NINE main national pavilions. Not this 100+ that seems to be a norm nowadays. I'm not familiar with the BIE. Which of the US/Canadian Fairs were recognized? There have been so many . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted February 20, 2005 Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 Unfortunately, the BIE did not recognize the '64-'65 New York Fair. As for the Spokane 1974, I think it was the smallest Expo ever with only NINE main national pavilions. Not this 100+ that seems to be a norm nowadays. I'm not familiar with the BIE. Which of the US/Canadian Fairs were recognized? There have been so many . . . Come to this website of the BIE: Official BIE Website As for official Expos on American soil, there were 11 of them in total from Philadelphia 1876 to New Orleans 1984. Here's the list: 1876: Philadelphia 1893 and 1933: Chicago 1904: St. Louis 1915: San Francisco 1939: New York City 1962: Seattle 1968: San Antonio 1974: Spokane 1982: Knoxville 1984: New Orleans For Canada, there were only 2 of them and both of them were recognized anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted February 20, 2005 Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 You guys forget, there were 2 aborted "World's Fairs" planned for 1976, the US Bicentennial year. Philadelphia was to have the main one - but couldn't get certification or funds or something like that. And then Miami insisted on having one, too -- but their focus was like "The Fair of the Americas" -- meaning only the New World. Both schemes fell through. And then of course, there was also the failed Denver Winter Olympic bid. All in all, a poor way to have celebrated the U.S. Bicentennial. Even the big Liberty blow-out took place in 1986. :sniffle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted February 20, 2005 Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 In any case, I don't know how popular the World's Fair is nowadays. With the USA withdrew its membership to the BIE, I don't know if this year's World Fair will be the last one it will participate in officially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4gamesandcounting Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 Why did the US withdraw from the BIE? Is there a list of all Expos anywhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4gamesandcounting Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 I found a list: 1851 LONDON – Great Britain 1855 PARIS - France 1862 LONDON - Great Britain 1867 PARIS - France 1873 VIENNA - Austria 1876 PHILADELPHIA - USA 1878 PARIS - France 1880 MELBOURNE - Australia 1888 BARCELONA - Spain 1889 PARIS - France 1893 CHICAGO - USA 1897 BRUSSELS - Belgium 1900 PARIS - France 1904 SAINT LOUIS - USA 1905 LIEGE - Belgium 1906 MILAN - Italia 1910 BRUSSELS - Belgium 1913 GHENT - Belgium 1915 SAN FRANCISCO - USA 1929 BARCELONA - Spain 1933 CHICAGO - USA 1935 BRUSSELS – Belgium 1936 Stockholm - Sweden 1937 PARIS – France 1938 HELSINKI – Finland 1939 LIEGE - Belgium 1939 NEW YORK – USA 1947 PARIS - France 1949 STOCKHOLM – Sweden 1949 PORT-AU-PRINCE – Haiti 1949 LYON - France 1951 LILLE – France 1953 JERUSALEM – Israel 1953 ROME – Italia 1954 NAPLES – Italia 1955 TURIN – Italia 1955 HELSINGBORG - Sweden 1956 BEIT DAGON - Israel 1957 BERLIN - Germany 1958 BRUSSELS – Belgium 1961 TURIN - Italia 1962 SEATTLE – USA 1965 MUNICH - Germany 1967 MONTREAL – Canada 1968 SAN ANTONIO - USA 1970 OSAKA – Japan 1971 Budapest – Hungry 1974 SPOKANE - USA 1975 OKINAWA – Japan 1981 PLOVDIV – Bulgaria 1982 KNOXVILLE – USA 1984 NEW Orléans – USA 1985 Tsukuba – Japan 1985 plovdiv – Bulgaria 1986 VANCOUVER – Canada 1988 BRISBANE – Australia 1991 PLOVDIV - Bulgaria 1992 GENOA - Italia 1992 SEVILLE - Spain 1993 TAEJON - Korea 1998 LISBON - Portugal 2000 HANNOVER – Germany FUTURE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS 2005 AICHI – Japan 2008 ZARAGOZA - Spain 2010 SHANGHAI – China So thats: USA 11, France 9, Belgium 7, Italy 6, Spain, Sweden and Japan 4, Germany and Bulgaria 3, GB, Canada, Israel, Korea and Australia 2, Austria, Finland, Haiti, Hungary, Portugal and China 1 COUPLE MORE POINTS: Does the Crystal Palace Exhibition in London have anything to do with World Fair/Expo? Interesting to see Expo being a springboard to both the Munich and Montreal Olympics, shows how important they were as a world event. I think China's 2010 Expo will be awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 Does the Crystal Palace Exhibition in London have anything to do with World Fair/Expo?Interesting to see Expo being a springboard to both the Munich and Montreal Olympics, shows how important they were as a world event. I think China's 2010 Expo will be awesome! #1 - Yes. However, where it sits today was not the original location for the 1851 Exposition. After it was built on the 1851 Expo site, it was dismantled and then rebuilt in its present site. #2 - Well, not just Munich and Montreal. Remember that the 1900 (Paris) and 1904 (St. Louis) Olympic Games were sidelights of the World Expositions in those cities. Also, you forget that in 1984 - 80 years after St. Louis, the US again became the next country to host a SUmmer Olympics and World Exposition in the same calendar year, albeit in different cities. I'm wondering though if it were the other way around -- if world expo's were an offshoot of the Olympic Games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Los Angeles Guy Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 I don't know if this link has been posted, but there is a great link to all stuff about World's Fair/Expo http://www.expomuseum.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Does the Crystal Palace Exhibition in London have anything to do with World Fair/Expo? Whoa! Whoa! This subject was asked in tonight's "Jeopardy!" telecast: This was the main exhibition structure of the Exposition of 1851!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenadian Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 If Toronto fails at getting the 2015 Universal Expo then I think Halifax should toss in a bid for the 2017 International Expo. That year is the 100th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion and the 150th year of Canadian Confederation. But instead of countries, they could invite cities and the theme would be cities that have faced massive destruction but who's determination and ambition helped them rise out of the flames of ruin into success and new life - places like San Francisco, Atlanta, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Lower Manhattan, Dresden, Warsaw, Sarajevo and others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.x Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 If Toronto fails at getting the 2015 Universal Expo then I think Halifax should toss in a bid for the 2017 International Expo. That year is the 100th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion and the 150th year of Canadian Confederation. But instead of countries, they could invite cities and the theme would be cities that have faced massive destruction but who's determination and ambition helped them rise out of the flames of ruin into success and new life - places like San Francisco, Atlanta, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Lower Manhattan, Dresden, Warsaw, Sarajevo and others. that would be an awesome concept. a Halifax Expo would be awesome.....let Toronto host the Commonwealths or the Olympics instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Why did the US withdraw from the BIE?Is there a list of all Expos anywhere? I'm not sure why it did so. Perhaps the USA thinks the Expo is not worth the money it used to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 If Toronto fails at getting the 2015 Universal Expo then I think Halifax should toss in a bid for the 2017 International Expo. That year is the 100th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion and the 150th year of Canadian Confederation. But instead of countries, they could invite cities and the theme would be cities that have faced massive destruction but who's determination and ambition helped them rise out of the flames of ruin into success and new life - places like San Francisco, Atlanta, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Lower Manhattan, Dresden, Warsaw, Sarajevo and others. If Toronto ever does bid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yong_sa Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Has Calgary, Canada ever considered an Expo bid? It's at the right size to host one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.x Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Has Calgary, Canada ever considered an Expo bid? It's at the right size to host one! they bidded some years ago, but lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenadian Posted February 26, 2005 Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 Alberta celebrates 100 years of being a province of Canada in 2005 - they lost their bid to Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted February 26, 2005 Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 Yep. However, Japan wanted so badly that it started going for it about TEN YEARS before the actual vote in 1997. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citius Altius Fortius Posted February 26, 2005 Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 I suppose after the disaster of Hannover 2000 that Germany won´t bid anymore, but it will take part: The German Pavillion (Aichi) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 I suppose after the disaster of Hannover 2000 that Germany won´t bid anymore, but it will take part:The German Pavillion (Aichi) CAF, why was it really a disaster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJS Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 Possible bids for 2015: -San Fransisco, USA -Toronto or Ontario, Canada -Turin, Italy -Istanbul or Izmir, Turkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted February 28, 2005 Report Share Posted February 28, 2005 Possible bids for 2015:-San Fransisco, USA -Toronto or Ontario, Canada -Turin, Italy -Istanbul or Izmir, Turkey Only 2 more years before the host city decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citius Altius Fortius Posted February 28, 2005 Report Share Posted February 28, 2005 I suppose after the disaster of Hannover 2000 that Germany won´t bid anymore, but it will take part:The German Pavillion (Aichi) CAF, why was it really a disaster? The organisators estimated a much higher attendance - at the beginning the number of visitors was very very low - the attendance enhanced after the organisation started a huge publicity campaign (with Peter Ustinov and Verona Feldbusch (a German celebrity with the reputation to be very stupid)). The people in Hannover expected a much higher number of visitors of foreign countries. The number and the size of the EXPO-buildings doesn´t fit with the demand anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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