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==[[US]]== | ==[[US]]== | ||
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| + | *1951 -- Failed [[1952 Worldcon Site Selection|Atlanta in 1952]] bid | ||
| + | *1986 -- '''[[Confederation]]''' | ||
===[[Baltiwash]]=== | ===[[Baltiwash]]=== | ||
| − | + | *1949 —- Failed [[DC]] [[Capicon in '50]] bid | |
* 1959 -- [[DC in 1960]] (lost to [[Pittcon]]) | * 1959 -- [[DC in 1960]] (lost to [[Pittcon]]) | ||
* 1963 -- '''[[Discon]]''' | * 1963 -- '''[[Discon]]''' | ||
| − | * 1966 -- [[Baltimore in '67]] (lost to [[New York in 1967]] which ran [[NyCon III]]) | + | * 1966 -- Failed [[Baltimore in '67]] bid (lost to [[New York in 1967]] which ran [[NyCon III]]) |
* 1974 -- '''[[Discon II]]''' | * 1974 -- '''[[Discon II]]''' | ||
| − | * 1978 -- [[Baltimore in '80]] (lost to [[Boston in 1980]]) | + | * 1978 -- Failed [[Baltimore in '80]] bid (lost to [[Boston in 1980]]) |
* 1978 -- [[DC in '84]] (odd, out-of-[[rotation]] bid which was forced to withdraw) | * 1978 -- [[DC in '84]] (odd, out-of-[[rotation]] bid which was forced to withdraw) | ||
* 1983 -- '''[[Constellation]]''' ([[Baltimore in '83]]) | * 1983 -- '''[[Constellation]]''' ([[Baltimore in '83]]) | ||
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* 2015 -- [[DC17]] (lost to [[Helsinki in 2017]] which ran [[Helsinki]]) | * 2015 -- [[DC17]] (lost to [[Helsinki in 2017]] which ran [[Helsinki]]) | ||
* 2021 -- '''[[Discon III]]''' ([[DC in 2021]], a bid by [[BWAWA]]) | * 2021 -- '''[[Discon III]]''' ([[DC in 2021]], a bid by [[BWAWA]]) | ||
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===[[Boston]]=== | ===[[Boston]]=== | ||
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* 1997 -- [[Boston in 1999]], a [[hoax bid]] | * 1997 -- [[Boston in 1999]], a [[hoax bid]] | ||
* 2004 -- '''[[Noreascon 4]]''' ([[Boston in 2004]]) (Bid by [[MCFI]]) | * 2004 -- '''[[Noreascon 4]]''' ([[Boston in 2004]]) (Bid by [[MCFI]]) | ||
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| + | ===[[California]]=== | ||
| + | ====[[Bay Area]]==== | ||
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| + | *1951 -- Failed [[1952 Worldcon Site Selection|San Francisco in 1952]] bid | ||
| + | * 1954 -- '''[[SFCon]]''' | ||
| + | * 1964 -- '''[[Pacificon II]]''' | ||
| + | * 1968 -- '''[[Baycon (Worldcon)]]''' | ||
| + | * 1993 -- '''[[ConFrancisco]]''' | ||
| + | * 2004 -- '''[[ConJose]]''' | ||
| + | * 2017 -- '''[[Worldcon 76 in San Jose]]''' | ||
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| + | Hear [[ConFrancisco]] chair [[David Clark]] and [[ConJose]] co-chair [[Kevin Standlee]] recount the bids and conventions along with [[Warren Buff]] and [[Lisa Hayes]] at [[Baycon 2014]]: [[file Bay Area Chairs.mp3|Bay Area Worldcon Reminiscences]]. | ||
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| + | ====[[L.A.]]==== | ||
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| + | * 1946 -- '''[[Pacificon 1]]''' ([[Los Angeles in 1942]], delayed by [[WWII]]) | ||
| + | * 1948 -- Start of [[South Gate in '58]] bid | ||
| + | * 1956 -- Failed [[Los Angeles in 1957]] bid | ||
| + | * 1958 -- '''[[Solacon]]''' (Honorary “South Gate”) | ||
| + | * 1959 -- Start of (unsuccessful) [[South Gate Again in 2010!]] bid. | ||
| + | * 1972 -- '''[[L.A.con I]]''' ([[LA in '72]]) | ||
| + | * 1976 -- Failed [[LA in '78]] bid | ||
| + | * 1979 -- Failed [[LA in '81]] bid | ||
| + | * 1984 -- '''[[L.A.con II]]''' ([[LA in 1984]]) | ||
| + | * 1987 -- Failed [[LA in '90]] bid | ||
| + | * 1996 -- '''[[L.A.con III]]''' ([[LA in '96]]) | ||
| + | * 2006 -- '''[[L.A.con IV]]''' ([[LA in 2006]]) | ||
===[[Chicago]]=== | ===[[Chicago]]=== | ||
| − | * 1940 -- '''[[Chicon I]]''' | + | * 1940 -- '''[[Chicon I]]''' (1940 Worldcon Site Selection|unopposed) |
| − | * 1952 -- '''[[Chicon II]]''' (TASFiC). | + | * 1952 -- '''[[Chicon II]]''' (aka TASFiC; [[1952 Worldcon Site Selection|Chicago in 1952]]). |
* 1958 -- [[Chicago: 1959]] (unsuccessful bid) | * 1958 -- [[Chicago: 1959]] (unsuccessful bid) | ||
* 1959 -- [[Chicago in '60]] (unsuccessful bid) | * 1959 -- [[Chicago in '60]] (unsuccessful bid) | ||
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* 2008 -- '''[[Denvention 3]]''' ([[Denver in 2008]]) | * 2008 -- '''[[Denvention 3]]''' ([[Denver in 2008]]) | ||
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| − | * | + | *1951 -- Failed [[1952 Worldcon Site Selection|Detroit in 1952]] bid |
| − | + | *1959 -- '''[[Detention]]''' | |
| − | + | *1979 -- Failed [[Detroit in '82]] bid | |
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===[[Missouri]]=== | ===[[Missouri]]=== | ||
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* 2016 -- Failed [[New Orleans in 2018]] bid | * 2016 -- Failed [[New Orleans in 2018]] bid | ||
* 2019 -- [[New Orleans in 2023]]: Folded after [[Dublin 2019]] | * 2019 -- [[New Orleans in 2023]]: Folded after [[Dublin 2019]] | ||
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| + | ===[[New York State|New York]]=== | ||
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| + | *1939 -- '''NyCon''' (the [[First Worldcon]]) | ||
| + | *1951 -- Failed [[1952 Worldcon Site Selection|New York in 1952]] and [[1952 Worldcon Site Selection|Niagara Falls in 1952]] bids | ||
| + | * 1956 -- '''[[NyCon II]]''' (aka NewYorkCon; [[New York in 1956]]) | ||
| + | * 1966 -- Failed [[Syracuse in '67]] bid | ||
| + | * 1967 -- '''NyCon3''' ([[New York in '67]] | ||
| + | * 1972 -- Failed [[New York in '74]] and [[NYCon 4 Bid]]s (yes, two!) | ||
| + | * 1984 -- Failed [[New York in '86]] bid | ||
===[[Ohio]]=== | ===[[Ohio]]=== | ||
Revision as of 16:48, 21 September 2020
Contents
Australia[edit]
- 1975 -- Aussiecon One (Australia in '75)
- 1981 -- Failed Adelaide in '83 bid, Australia in '83 bid (lost to ConStellation)
- 1982 -- Perth in '84 (abandoned)
- 1985 -- Aussiecon Two (Melbourne in '85 aka Australia in '85)
- 1986 -- Failed Sydney Cove in '88 bid
- 1988 -- Sydney in '91 bid (lost to Chicon V)
- 1991 -- Perth in '94 (bid was terminated before the vote)
- 1992 -- Failed Sydney in 95 bid
- 1999 -- Aussiecon Three (Australia in 1999)
- 2002 -- Failed Sydney in 2005 bid
- 2010 -- Aussiecon 4 (Australia in 2010)
- 2022 -- Perth, Australia in 2025
See also Huttcon '90, Ratcon in Ararat, and Rottnest Island.
Britain[edit]
- 1953 -- Failed London in '54 bid
- 1957 -- Loncon (London in 1957)
- 1965 -- Loncon II
- 1979 -- Seacon '79
- 1987 -- Conspiracy '87 (Britain in '87)
- 1995 -- Intersection (UK in '95)
- 2005 -- Interaction (Glasgow in 2005)
- 2014 -- Loncon 3 (London in 2014)
Canada[edit]
- 1948 -- Torcon
- 1973 -- Torcon II (Toronto in '73)
- 1984 -- ConAdian (Winnipeg in '94)
- 2003 -- Torcon 3 (Toronto in '03)
- 2009 -- Anticipation (Montreal in 2009)
Europe[edit]
- 1970 -- Heicon '70 (Germany)
- 1990 -- ConFiction (Netherlands)
- 2017 -- Worldcon 75 (Finland)
Ireland[edit]
- 2019 -- Dublin 2019
New Zealand[edit]
- 2020 -- CoNZealand
United States[edit]
Atlanta[edit]
- 1951 -- Failed Atlanta in 1952 bid
- 1986 -- Confederation
Baltiwash[edit]
- 1949 —- Failed DC Capicon in '50 bid
- 1959 -- DC in 1960 (lost to Pittcon)
- 1963 -- Discon
- 1966 -- Failed Baltimore in '67 bid (lost to New York in 1967 which ran NyCon III)
- 1974 -- Discon II
- 1978 -- Failed Baltimore in '80 bid (lost to Boston in 1980)
- 1978 -- DC in '84 (odd, out-of-rotation bid which was forced to withdraw)
- 1983 -- Constellation (Baltimore in '83)
- 1989 -- DC in 1992 (withdrew before the vote. Competition was Orlando in '92)
- 1998 -- BucConeer (Baltimore in '98)
- 2004 -- Baltimore in 2007 (probably a hoax bid)
- 2004 -- DC in 007 (short-lived serious bid)
- 2009 -- DC in 2011 (short-lived serious bid)
- 2015 -- DC17 (lost to Helsinki in 2017 which ran Helsinki)
- 2021 -- Discon III (DC in 2021, a bid by BWAWA)
Boston[edit]
- 1966 -- Boston in '67 (lost to New York in 1967 (NyCon3))
- 1971 -- Noreascon (Boston in 71)
- 1980 -- Noreascon Two (Boston in 1980) (Bid by MCFI)
- 1989 -- Noreascon 3 (Boston in '89) (Bid by MCFI)
- 1994 -- abandoned bid for 1998 Worldcon (Boston in '98, bid by MCFI))
- 1995 -- failed bid for 1998 Worldcon. (Boston in 1998, bid by BCEC.)
- 1997 -- failed bid for 2001 Worldcon. (Bid by MCFI for a Worldcon to be held in Orlando, FL.)
- 1997 -- Boston in 1999, a hoax bid
- 2004 -- Noreascon 4 (Boston in 2004) (Bid by MCFI)
California[edit]
Bay Area[edit]
- 1951 -- Failed San Francisco in 1952 bid
- 1954 -- SFCon
- 1964 -- Pacificon II
- 1968 -- Baycon
- 1993 -- ConFrancisco
- 2004 -- ConJosé
- 2017 -- Worldcon 76 in San Jose
Hear ConFrancisco chair David Clark and ConJosé co-chair Kevin Standlee recount the bids and conventions along with Warren Buff and Lisa Hayes at Baycon 2014: Bay Area Worldcon Reminiscences.
L.A.[edit]
- 1946 -- Pacificon 1 (Los Angeles in 1942, delayed by WWII)
- 1948 -- Start of South Gate in '58 bid
- 1956 -- Failed Los Angeles in 1957 bid
- 1958 -- Solacon (Honorary “South Gate”)
- 1959 -- Start of (unsuccessful) South Gate Again in 2010! bid.
- 1972 -- L.A.con I (LA in '72)
- 1976 -- Failed LA in '78 bid
- 1979 -- Failed LA in '81 bid
- 1984 -- L.A.con II (LA in 1984)
- 1987 -- Failed LA in '90 bid
- 1996 -- L.A.con III (LA in '96)
- 2006 -- L.A.con IV (LA in 2006)
Chicago[edit]
- 1940 -- Chicon I (1940 Worldcon Site Selection|unopposed)
- 1952 -- Chicon II (aka TASFiC; Chicago in 1952).
- 1958 -- Chicago: 1959 (unsuccessful bid)
- 1959 -- Chicago in '60 (unsuccessful bid)
- 1962 -- Chicon III (Chicago in 1962)
- 1982 -- Chicon IV (Chicago in 1982)
- 1991 -- Chicon V (Chicago in '91)
- 2000 -- Chicon 2000 (Chicago in 2000)
- 2006 -- Chicago in 2008 (unsuccessful bid)
- 2012 -- Chicon 7 (Chicago in 2012)
- 2022 -- Chicon 8 (Chicago in 2022]])
Denver[edit]
- 1941 -- Denvention I (Denver in 1941)
- 1981 -- Denvention Two (Denver in '81)
- 2008 -- Denvention 3 (Denver in 2008)
Detroit[edit]
- 1951 -- Failed Detroit in 1952 bid
- 1959 -- Detention
- 1979 -- Failed Detroit in '82 bid
Missouri[edit]
- 1969 -- St. Louiscon (St. Louis in 69)
- 1976 -- MidAmeriCon (KC in '76)
- 1986 -- Failed St. Louis in '88 bid
- 2016 -- MidAmeriCon 2 (Kansas City 2016)
New Orleans[edit]
- 1949 -- New Orleans in 1950 (losing bid)
- 1951 -- Nolacon (New Orleans in 1951)
- 1972 -- Failed New Orleans in '73 bid
- 1975 -- Failed New Orleans in '76 bid
- 1977 -- Failed New Orleans in '79 bid
- late 70s -- Failed New Orleans in '82 bid
- 1988 -- Nolacon II (New Orleans in '88)
- 2016 -- Failed New Orleans in 2018 bid
- 2019 -- New Orleans in 2023: Folded after Dublin 2019
New York[edit]
- 1939 -- NyCon (the First Worldcon)
- 1951 -- Failed New York in 1952 and Niagara Falls in 1952 bids
- 1956 -- NyCon II (aka NewYorkCon; New York in 1956)
- 1966 -- Failed Syracuse in '67 bid
- 1967 -- NyCon3 (New York in '67
- 1972 -- Failed New York in '74 and NYCon 4 Bids (yes, two!)
- 1984 -- Failed New York in '86 bid
Ohio[edit]
- 1949 -- Cinvention (Cincinnati in '49)
- 1953 -- Failed Cleveland in '54 bid
- 1955 -- Clevention (Cleveland in '55)
- 1966 -- Tricon (Cleveland in '66)
- 1986 -- Failed Cincinnati in '88 bid
Pennsylvania[edit]
- 1947 -- Philcon (Philadelphia)
- 1953 -- 11th Worldcon (Philadelphia)
- 1959 -- Failed bid for Philadelphia in 1960
- 1960 -- Pittcon (Pittsburgh in '60)
- 1976 -- Failed Philly bid for 1977 Worldcon
- 1984 -- Failed Philly bid for 1986 Worldcon
- 2001 -- Millennium Philcon (Philadelphia in 2001)
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