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==[[Australia]]==
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A list of [[Worldcons]] and serious [[Worldcon bids]], sorted regionally. Note that most bids' opening date in the list is when they were started; however this does not hold for actual Worldcons, sorted by their date (so their bids' start is not available here).
  
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* 1975 -- '''[[Aussiecon One]]''' ([[Australia in '75]])
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Bids are “failed” if they lost the vote, “abandoned” or “withdrawn” if they folded before [[site selection]].
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* 1983 -- [[Adelaide in '83]]
 
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* 1984 -- [[Perth in '84]] (gave way to [[Australia in '83]])
 
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* 1983 -- [[Australia in '83]] (lost to [[ConStellation]])
 
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* 1985 -- '''[[Aussiecon Two]]''' ([[Melbourne in '85]] also known as [[Australia in '85]])
 
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* 1988 -- [[Sydney Cove in '88]] (bid was terminated before the vote)
 
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* 1991 -- [[Sydney in '91]] (lost to [[Chicon V]])
 
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* 1994 -- [[Perth in '94]] (bid was terminated before the vote)
 
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* 1995 -- [[Sydney in 95]]
 
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* 1999 -- '''[[Aussiecon Three]]''' ([[Australia in 1999]])
 
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* 2005 -- [[Sydney in 2005]]
 
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* 2010 -- '''[[Aussiecon 4]]''' ([[Australia in 2010]])
 
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* 2025 -- [[Perth, Australia in 2025]]
 
  
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See also [[Huttcon '90]], [[Ratcon in Ararat]], and [[Rottnest Island]].
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=[[Asia]]=
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===[[China]]===
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* 2014 -- Failed [[Beijing in 2016]] bid
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* 2023 -- '''[[Chengdu WorldCon]]''' ([[Chengdu 2023]])
  
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==[[Britain]]==
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===[[Japan]]===
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* 1967 -- Failed bid for [[PanPacificon]]
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* 2007 -- '''[[Nippon 2007]]''' ([[Yokohama]]; bid had same name)
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* 2015 -- Failed [[Nippon in 2017]] bid
  
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* 1957 -- '''[[Loncon]]''' ([[London in 1957]])
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=[[Australasia]]=
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* 1965 -- '''[[Loncon II]]'''
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===[[Australia]]===
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* 1979 -- '''[[Seacon '79]]'''
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* 1967 -- Failed bid for [[PanPacificon]]
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* 1987 -- '''[[Conspiracy '87]]''' ([[Britain in '87]])
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* 1975 -- '''[[Aussiecon]]''' ([[Australia in '75]])
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* 1995 -- '''[[Intersection]]'''  ([[UK in '95]])
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* 1981 -- Abandoned [[Adelaide in '83]] bid
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* 2005 -- '''[[Interaction]]''' ([[Glasgow in 2005]])
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* 1981 -- Failed [[Australia in '83]] bid
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* 2014 -- '''[[Loncon 3]]''' ([[London in 2014]])
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* 1982 -- Abandoned [[Perth in '84]] bid
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* 1985 -- '''[[Aussiecon Two]]''' ([[Melbourne in '85]] aka [[Australia in '85]])
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* 1986 -- Failed [[Sydney Cove in '88]] bid
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* 1988 -- Failed [[Sydney in '91]] bid
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* 1991 -- Abandoned [[Perth in '94]] bid
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* 1992 -- Failed [[Sydney in 95]] bid
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* 1999 -- '''[[Aussiecon Three]]''' ([[Melbourne]]: [[Australia in 1999]])
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* 2002 -- Abandoned [[Sydney in 2005]] bid
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* 2010 -- '''[[Aussiecon 4]]''' ([[Melbourne]]: [[Australia in 2010]])
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* 2019 -- Abandoned [[Perth, Australia in 2025]] bid
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* 2023 -- Abandoned [[Australia 2025]] (Brisbane, QLD) bid
  
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==[[Canada]]==
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===[[New Zealand]]===
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* 2020 -- '''[[CoNZealand]]''' ([[Wellington, NZ]] / virtualised due to [[Covid-19]]: [[New Zealand in 2020]])
  
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* 1948 -- '''[[Torcon]]'''
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=[[Europe]]=
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* 1973 -- '''[[Torcon II]]'''
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===Continent===
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* 1984 -- '''[[ConAdian]]'''
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* 1970 -- '''[[Heicon '70]]''' ([[Heidelberg]], [[Germany]]: [[Heicon in 70]])
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* 2003 -- '''[[Torcon 3]]'''
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*1981 -- Failed [[Worldcon Scandinavia in 1983]] bid ([[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]])
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* 2009 -- '''[[Anticipation]]'''
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*1985 -- Abandoned [[Yugoslavia in '88]] bid ([[Zagreb]])
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* 1990 -- '''[[ConFiction]]''' ([[The Hague]], [[Netherlands]]: [[Holland in 1990]])
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* 1990 -- Failed [[Zagreb in '93]] bid
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* 1996 -- Failed [[Worldcon Zagreb in 1999]] bid
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* 1999 -- Abandoned [[Berlin in 2002]] bid
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* 2000 -- Abandoned [[Berlin in 2003]] bid
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* 2013 -- Failed [[Helsinki in 2015]] bid
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* 2017 -- '''[[Worldcon 75]]''' ([[Finland]]: [[Helsinki in 2017]])
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* 2020 -- Abandoned bid for [[Nice in 2023]]
  
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==[[Europe]]==
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===[[Ireland]]===
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* 2019 -- '''[[Dublin 2019]]''' ([[Dublin in 2019]])
  
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* 1970 -- '''[[Heicon '70]]''' ([[Germany]])
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===[[U.K.]]===
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* 1990 -- '''[[ConFiction]]''' ([[Netherlands]])
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====[[England]]====
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* 2017 -- '''[[Worldcon 75]]''' ([[Finland]])
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* 1953 -- Failed [[London in '54]] bid
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* 1957 -- '''[[Loncon]]''' ([[London in 1957]])
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* 1965 -- '''[[Loncon II]]''' ([[London in '65]])
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* 1979 -- '''[[Seacon '79]]''' ([[Brighton]]: [[Britain in '79]])
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* 1981 -- Abandoned [[Britain in '84]] bid
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* 1987 -- '''[[Conspiracy '87]]''' (Brighton: [[Britain in '87]])
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* 2014 -- '''[[Loncon 3]]''' ([[London in 2014]])
  
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==[[Ireland]]==
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====[[Scotland]]====
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* 1995 -- '''[[Intersection]]'''  ([[Glasgow]]: [[UK in '95]])
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* 2005 -- '''[[Interaction]]'''  ([[Glasgow in 2005]])
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* 2024 -- '''[[Glasgow 2024]]''' (bid had same name)
  
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* 2019 -- '''[[Dublin 2019]]'''
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=[[North America]]=
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===[[Canada]]===
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* 1948 -- '''[[Torcon]]''' ([[Toronto in 1948]])
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* 1951 -- Failed [[1952 Worldcon Site Selection|Niagara Falls in 1952]] bids
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* 1952 -- Failed [[Niagara Falls in '53]] bid
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* 1972 -- Abandoned [[Montreal in 74]] bid
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* 1973 -- '''[[Torcon II]]''' ([[Toronto in '73]])
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* 1975 -- Abandoned [[Montreal in '77]] bid
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* 1979 -- Original [[Winnipeg in '94]] bid launched
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* 1982 -- Abandoned [[Vancouver in '84]] bid
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* 1985 -- Abandoned [[Vancouver in '87]] bid
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* 1994 -- '''[[ConAdian]]''' ([[Winnipeg in '94]])
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* 1995 -- Failed [[Niagara Falls in '98]] bid
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* 2003 -- '''[[Torcon 3]]''' ([[Toronto in '03]])
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* 2009 -- '''[[Anticipation]]''' ([[Montreal in 2009]])
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* 2015 -- Failed [[Montreal in 2017]] bid
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* 2021 -- Failed [[Winnipeg in '23]] bid
  
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==[[New Zealand]]==
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===[[US]]===
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====[[Atlanta]]====
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*1951 -- Failed [[1952 Worldcon Site Selection|Atlanta in 1952]] bid
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*1986 -- '''[[Confederation]]''' ([[Atlanta in '86]])
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*1993 -- Failed [[Atlanta in '95]] bid
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*1996 -- Failed [[Atlanta in '98]] bid
  
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* 2020 -- '''[[CoNZealand]]'''
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====[[Baltiwash]]====
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*1941 -- Failed [[Washington, DC in 1942]] bid
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*1949 -- Failed [[Capicon in '50]] bid
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*1950 -- Failed [[Capicon in '50|Capicon in'51]] bid
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* 1959 -- Failed [[DC in 1960]] bid
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* 1963 -- '''[[Discon]]''' ([[DC in 1963]])
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* 1966 -- Failed [[Baltimore in '67]] bid
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*1969 -- Failed [[Washington in '71]] bid
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* 1974 -- '''[[Discon II]]''' ([[DC in '74]])
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* 1975 -- Failed [[Washington in '77]] bid
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* 1978 -- Failed [[Baltimore in '80]] bid
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* 1978 -- Abandoned [[DC in '84]] bid (odd, out-of-[[rotation]] bid which was forced to withdraw)
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* 1983 -- '''[[Constellation]]''' ([[Baltimore in '83]])
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* 1984 -- Abandoned [[DC in '86]] bid
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* 1989 -- Withdrawn [[DC in 1992]] bid
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* 1998 -- '''[[BucConeer]]''' ([[Baltimore in '98]])
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* 2004 -- Abandoned [[DC in 007]] bid
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* 2009 -- Abandoned [[DC in 2011]] bid
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* 2015 -- Failed [[DC17]] bid
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* 2021 -- '''[[Discon III]]''' ([[DC in 2021]])
  
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==[[US]]==
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====[[Boston]]====
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* 1966 -- Failed [[Boston in '67]] bid
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* 1971 -- '''[[Noreascon]]'''  ([[Boston in 71]])
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* 1980 -- '''[[Noreascon Two]]'''  ([[Boston in 1980]])
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* 1989 -- '''[[Noreascon 3]]'''  ([[Boston in '89]])
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* 1994 -- Abandoned [[Boston in '98]] bid by [[MCFI]]
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* 1995 -- Failed [[Boston in 1998]] bid by [[BCEC]]
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* 1998 -- Failed [[Boston in Orlando in 2001]] bid
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* 2004 -- '''[[Noreascon 4]]''' ([[Boston in 2004]])
  
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===[[Baltiwash]]===
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====[[California]]====
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=====[[Bay Area]]=====
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* 1941 -- Failed [[San Francisco in 1942]] bid
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* 1951 -- Failed [[1952 Worldcon Site Selection|San Francisco in 1952]] bid
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* 1952 -- Failed [[San Francisco in '53]] bid
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* 1954 -- '''[[SFCon]]''' ([[San Francisco in '54]])
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* 1964 -- '''[[Pacificon II]]''' ([[San Francisco in '64]])
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* 1968 -- '''[[Baycon (Worldcon)]]''' ([[Bay Area in '68]])
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*1970 -- Failed [[Baycon II in '72]] bid
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* 1974 -- Abandoned brief [[San Francisco in '78]] bid
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* 1993 -- '''[[ConFrancisco]]''' ([[San Francisco in '93]])
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* 2002 -- '''[[ConJose]]''' ([[Bay Area in 2002]])
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* 2018 -- '''[[Worldcon 76 in San Jose]]''' ([[San Jose in 2018]])
  
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* [[1960]] -- [[DC in 1960]] (lost to [[Pittcon]])
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=====[[Los Angeles]]=====
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* [[1963]] -- '''[[Discon]]'''
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* 1946 -- '''[[Pacificon 1]]''' ([[Los Angeles in 1942]], delayed by [[WWII]])
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* [[1966]] -- [[Baltimore in '67]] (lost to [[New York in 1967]] which ran [[NyCon III]])
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* 1948 -- Start of [[South Gate in '58]] bid
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* [[1974]] -- '''[[Discon II]]'''
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* 1956 -- Failed [[Los Angeles in 1957]] bid
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* 1980 -- [[Baltimore in '80]] (lost to [[Boston in 1980]])
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* 1958 -- '''[[Solacon]]''' (Honorary “South Gate”)
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* [[1983]] -- '''[[Constellation]]''' ([[Baltimore in '83]])
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* 1959 -- Start of (unsuccessful) [[South Gate Again in 2010!]] bid
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* [[1984]] -- [[DC in '84]] (odd, out-of-[[rotation]] bid which was forced to withdraw)
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* 1962 -- Withdrawn [[Los Angeles in '64]] bid
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* [[1992]] -- [[DC in 1992]] (withdrew before the vote. Competition was [[Orlando in '92]])
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* 1967 -- Failed bid for [[PanPacificon]]
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* [[1998]] -- '''[[BucConeer]]''' ([[Baltimore in '98]])
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* 1972 -- '''[[L.A.con I]]''' ([[LA in '72]])
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* [[2007]] -- [[Baltimore in 2007]] (probably a [[hoax bid]])
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* 1973 -- Failed [[LA in '75]] bid
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* [[2007]] -- [[DC in 007]] (short-lived serious bid)
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* 1976 -- Failed [[LA in '78]] bid
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* [[2011]] -- [[DC in 2011]] (short-lived serious bid)
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* 1979 -- Failed [[LA in '81]] bid
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* [[2017]] -- [[DC 17]]
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* 1984 -- '''[[L.A.con II]]''' ([[LA in 1984]])
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* 1987 -- Failed [[LA in '90]] bid
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===[[Bay Area]]===
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* 1996 -- '''[[L.A.con III]]''' ([[LA in '96]])
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* 2006 -- '''[[L.A.con IV]]''' ([[LA in 2006]])
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* 1954 -- '''[[SFCon]]'''
 
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* 1964 -- '''[[Pacificon II]]'''
 
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* 1968 -- '''[[Baycon]]'''
 
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* 1993 -- '''[[ConFrancisco]]'''
 
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* 2004 -- '''[[ConJose]]'''
 
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* 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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===[[Boston]]===
 
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* 1966 -- [[Boston in '67]] (lost to [[New York in 1967]] ([[NyCon3]]))
 
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* 1971 -- '''[[Noreascon]]''' ([[Boston in 71]])
 
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* 1980 -- '''[[Noreascon Two]]'''  ([[Boston in 1980]]) (Bid by [[MCFI]])
 
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* 1989 -- '''[[Noreascon 3]]''' ([[Boston in '89]]) (Bid by [[MCFI]])
 
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* 1994 -- abandoned [[bid]] for [[1998 Worldcon]] ([[Boston in '98]],  bid by [[MCFI]]))
 
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* 1995 -- failed bid for [[1998 Worldcon]]. ([[Boston in 1998]], bid by [[BCEC]].)
 
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* 1997 -- failed bid for [[2001 Worldcon]]. (Bid by [[MCFI]] for a [[Worldcon]] to be held in [[Orlando]], FL.)
 
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* 1999 -- [[Boston in 1999]], a [[hoax bid]]
 
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* 2004 -- '''[[Noreascon 4]]''' ([[Boston in 2004]])  (Bid by [[MCFI]])
 
  
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===[[Chicago]]===
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====[[Chicago]]====
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* 1940 -- '''[[Chicon I]]''' ([[1940 Worldcon Site Selection|unopposed]])
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* 1940 -- '''[[Chicon I]]'''
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* 1940 -- Failed [[1941 Site Selection|Chicago in 1941]] bid
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* 1952 -- '''[[Chicon II]]''' (TASFiC).
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* 1952 -- '''[[Chicon II]]''' (aka TASFiC; [[1952 Worldcon Site Selection|Chicago in 1952]]).
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* 1959 -- [[Chicago: 1959]] (unsuccessful bid)
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* 1958 -- Failed [[Chicago: 1959]] bid
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* 1960 -- [[Chicago in '60]] (unsuccessful bid)
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* 1959 -- Withdrawn [[Chicago in '60]] bid
 
* 1962 -- '''[[Chicon III]]''' ([[Chicago in 1962]])
 
* 1962 -- '''[[Chicon III]]''' ([[Chicago in 1962]])
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* 1977 -- Abandoned [[Chicago in '79]] bid
 
* 1982 -- '''[[Chicon IV]]''' ([[Chicago in 1982]])
 
* 1982 -- '''[[Chicon IV]]''' ([[Chicago in 1982]])
 
* 1991 -- '''[[Chicon V]]''' ([[Chicago in '91]])
 
* 1991 -- '''[[Chicon V]]''' ([[Chicago in '91]])
 
* 2000 -- '''[[Chicon 2000]]'''  ([[Chicago in 2000]])
 
* 2000 -- '''[[Chicon 2000]]'''  ([[Chicago in 2000]])
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* 2008 -- [[Chicago in 2008]] (unsuccessful bid)
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* 2006 -- Failed [[Chicago in 2008]] bid
 
* 2012 -- '''[[Chicon 7]]''' ([[Chicago in 2012]])
 
* 2012 -- '''[[Chicon 7]]''' ([[Chicago in 2012]])
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* 2022 -- '''[[Chicon 8]]''' ([[Chicago in 2022]])
 
   
 
   
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===[[Denver]]===
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====[[Denver]]====
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* 1941 -- '''[[Denvention I]]''' ([[Denver in 1941]])
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* 1981 -- '''[[Denvention Two]]''' ([[Denver in '81]])
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* 2008 -- '''[[Denvention 3]]''' ([[Denver in 2008]])
  
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* 1941 -- '''[[Denvention I]]'''
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====[[Detroit]]====
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* 1981 -- '''[[Denvention Two]]'''
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*1951 -- Failed [[1952 Worldcon Site Selection|Detroit in 1952]] bid
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* 2008 -- '''[[Denvention 3]]'''
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*1952 -- Abandoned [[Detroit in 1953]] bid
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*1954 -- Abandoned [[Detroit in 1955]] bid
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*1959 -- '''[[Detention]]''' ([[Detroit in '59]])
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*1979 -- Failed [[Detroit in '82]] bid
  
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===[[L.A.]]===
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====[[Florida]]====
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*1977 -- '''[[SunCon]]''' ([[Miami]]: [[7 for '77]])
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*1986 -- Failed [[Bermuda Triangle Bid]] (a bid to hold the 1988 [[Worldcon]] on a cruise ship leaving from [[Miami]], a [[hoax]] that became real)
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*1992 -- '''[[MagiCon]]''' ([[Orlando in '92]])
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*1998 -- Failed [[Boston in Orlando in 2001]] bid
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*2013 -- Failed [[Orlando in 2015]] bid
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*2021 -- Abandoned [[Orlando in 2026]] bid
  
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* 1946 -- '''[[Pacificon 1]]'''
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====[[Missouri]]====
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* 1948 -- Start of [[South Gate in '58]] bid.
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*1969 -- '''[[St. Louiscon]]''' ([[St. Louis in 69]])
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* 1957 -- Failed [[Los Angeles in 1957]] bid.
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*1970 -- Mysterious [[Kansas Citycon in '77]] bid (abandoned)
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* 1958 -- '''[[Solacon]]'''
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*1976 -- '''[[MidAmeriCon]]''' ([[KC in '76]])
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* 1959 -- Start of (unsuccessful) [[South Gate Again in 2010!]] bid.
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*1986 -- Failed [[St. Louis in '88]] bid
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* 1972 -- '''[[L.A.con I]]'''
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* 1994 -- Failed [[St. Louis in '97]] bid
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* 1976 -- Failed [[LA in '78]] bid
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* 1997 -- Withdrawn [[KC in 2000]] bid
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* 1979 -- Failed [[LA in '81]] bid
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* 2003 -- Failed [[KC in 2006]] bid
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* 1984 -- '''[[L.A.con II]]'''
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*2007 -- Failed [[KC in 2009]] bid
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* 1987 -- Failed [[LA in '90]] bid
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*2016 -- '''[[MidAmeriCon 2]]''' ([[Kansas City 2016]])
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* 1996 -- '''[[L.A.con III]]''' ([[LA in '96]])
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* 2006 -- '''[[L.A.con IV]]''' ([[LA in 2006]])
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====[[Nevada]]====
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2011 -- '''[[Renovation]]''' ([[Reno in 2011]])
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====[[New Orleans]]====
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* 1949 -- Failed [[New Orleans in 1950]] bid
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* 1951 -- '''[[Nolacon]]''' ([[New Orleans in 1951]])
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* 1972 -- Withdrawn [[New Orleans in '73]] bid
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* 1974 -- Failed [[New Orleans in '76]] bid
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* 1977 -- Failed [[New Orleans in '79]] bid
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* 1979 -- Abandoned [[New Orleans in '82]] bid
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* 1988 -- '''[[Nolacon II]]''' ([[New Orleans in '88]])
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* 2016 -- Failed [[New Orleans in 2018]] bid
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* 2019 -- Abandoned [[New Orleans in 2023]] bid (folded after [[Dublin 2019]])
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====[[New York State|New York]]====
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*1939 -- '''[[NyCon]]''' (the [[First Worldcon]])
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* 1940 -- Failed [[New York in 1941]] bid
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* 1948 -- Failed [[New York in '49]] bid
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* 1949 -- Failed [[New York in '50]] bid
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* 1951 -- Failed [[1952 Worldcon Site Selection|New York in 1952]] and [[1952 Worldcon Site Selection|Niagara Falls in 1952]] bids
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* 1952 -- Failed [[Queens SFL in '53]] and [[Niagara Falls in '53]] bids; an [[Amalgamated Greater New York Fan Groups in '53]] bid withdrew in support of [[Philadelphia in '53]]
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* 1954 -- Failed [[Buffalo in 1955]] bid
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* 1964 -- Failed [[Syracuse in '65]] bid
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* 1956 -- '''[[NyCon II]]''' (aka NewYorkCon; [[New York in 1956]])
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* 1965 -- Failed [[Syracuse in '66]] bid
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* 1966 -- Failed [[Syracuse in '67]] bid
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* 1967 -- '''[[NyCon3]]''' ([[New York in '67]])
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* 1972 -- Failed [[New York in '74]] and [[NYCon 4 Bid]]s (yes, two!)
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* 1975 -- Failed [[New York in '77]] bid
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* 1984 -- Failed [[NY in '86]] bid
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* 1986 -- Failed [[New York in 1989]] bid (didn’t [[file]] in time to make the ballot)
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* 1989 -- Failed [[New York in '92]] bid
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* 1995 -- Abandoned [[New York in '98]] and failed [[Niagara Falls in '98]] bids
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* 2001 -- Short-lived [[Nieuw Amsterdam in 2004]] bid
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* 2015 -- Short-lived [[New York in 2017]] bid
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====[[Ohio]]====
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*1940 -- Failed [[1941 Site Selection|Cleveland in 1941]] bid
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*1949 -- '''[[Cinvention]]''' ([[Cincinnati in '49]])
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*1953 -- Failed [[Cleveland in '54]] bid
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*1955 -- '''[[Clevention]]''' ([[Cleveland in '55]])
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*1966 -- '''[[Tricon]]''' ([[Cleveland in '66]])
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*1968 -- Failed [[Columbus in '69]] bid
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* 1974 -- Failed [[Columbus in 1976]] bid
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*1986 -- Failed [[Cincinnati in '88]] bid
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*2004 -- Failed [[Columbus in 2007]] bid
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*2006 -- Failed [[Columbus in 2008]] bid
  
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===[[Philadelphia]]===
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====[[Oregon]]====
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*1950 -- '''[[NorWesCon]]''' ([[Oregon]]: [[Portland in 1950]])
  
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* 1947 -- '''[[Philcon I]]'''
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====[[Pennsylvania]]====
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* 1953 -- '''[[11th Worldcon]]'''
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*1941 -- Failed [[Philadelphia in 1942]] bid
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* 1960 -- '''[[Philadelphia in 1960]]'''
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* 1947 -- '''[[Philcon I]]''' ([[1947 Site Selection|Philadelphia in 1947]])
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* 1976 -- Failed bid for [[1977 Worldcon]]
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* 1953 -- '''[[Philcon II]]''' (aka 11th Worldcon; [[Philly in '53]])
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* 1984 -- Failed bid for [[1986 Worldcon]]
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* 1959 -- Failed [[Philadelphia in 1960]] bid
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* 1960 -- '''[[Pittcon]]''' ([[Pittsburgh in '60]])
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* 1976 -- Failed [[Philadelphia in 1977]] bid
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* 1984 -- Failed [[Philadelphia in '86]] bid
 
* 2001 -- '''[[Millennium Philcon]]''' ([[Philadelphia in 2001]])
 
* 2001 -- '''[[Millennium Philcon]]''' ([[Philadelphia in 2001]])
  
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===[[New Orleans]]===
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====[[Phoenix]]====
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*1978 -- '''[[Iguanacon II]]''' ([[Phoenix in '78]])
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*1985 -- Failed [[Phoenix in 1987]] bid
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*1990 -- Failed [[Phoenix in '93]] bid
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====[[Texas]]====
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*1958 -- Abandoned [[Big 'D' in '59]] bid ([[Dallas]])
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*1971 -- Withdrawn [[Big D in '73]] bid
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*1997 -- '''[[LoneStarCon 2]]''' ([[San Antonio in '97]])
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*2003 -- Abandoned [[Dallas in 2006]] bid
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*2013 -- '''[[LoneStarCon 3]]''' ([[San Antonio]]; [[Texas in 2013]])
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==== [[Washington State]] ====
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*1961 -- '''[[Seacon]]''' ([[Seattle]], unopposed)
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*1967 -- Withdrawn [[Seattle in '68]] bid
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*1979 -- Failed [[Seattle in 1981]] bid
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*1996 -- [[Seattle in 2002]] bid launched (abandoned in 1999)
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*2009 -- Withdrawn [[Seattle in 2011]] bid
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*2015 -- '''[[Sasquan]]''' ([[Spokane in 2015]])
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*2025 -- '''[[Seattle Worldcon 2025]]''' ([[Seattle 2025]])
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=Failed bids for Worldconless Places=
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These areas have mounted serious [[bids]] for [[Worldcons]], making it to the voting stage, but never won.
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*1947 -- [[Milwaukee in 1948]]<ref>[[Milwaukee]] had several other announced bids, but no others that made it to [[site selection]].</ref>
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*1952 -- [[Indianapolis in '53]] <ref>An [[Indianapolis in '91]] bid was announced in 1985, but didn’t make it to [[file|filing]]. </ref>
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*1990 -- [[Hawaii in '93]] (a serious [[write-in]] campaign) <ref>A [[Hawaii in 1981]] bid was announced, but didn’t make it to [[file|filing]]. </ref>
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*1991 -- [[Louisville in '94]]
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*2000 -- [[Cancun in 2003]]
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*2001 -- [[Charlotte in 2004]]
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*2019 -- [[Memphis in 2023]] (withdrawn in 2021)
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*2020 -- [[Jeddicon]], 2022 bid for Jeddah, [[Saudi Arabia]]
  
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* 1951 -- '''[[Nolacon]]'''
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* 1972 -- Failed [[New Orleans in '73]] bid
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<references />
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* 1977 -- Failed [[New Orleans in '79]] bid
 
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* 1988 -- '''[[Nolacon II]]'''
 
  
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A list of Worldcons and serious Worldcon bids, sorted regionally. Note that most bids' opening date in the list is when they were started; however this does not hold for actual Worldcons, sorted by their date (so their bids' start is not available here).

Bids are “failed” if they lost the vote, “abandoned” or “withdrawn” if they folded before site selection.

Asia[edit]

China[edit]

Japan[edit]

Australasia[edit]

Australia[edit]

New Zealand[edit]

Europe[edit]

Continent[edit]

Ireland[edit]

U.K.[edit]

England[edit]

Scotland[edit]

North America[edit]

Canada[edit]

United States[edit]

Atlanta[edit]

Baltiwash[edit]

Boston[edit]

California[edit]

Bay Area[edit]
Los Angeles[edit]

Chicago[edit]

Denver[edit]

Detroit[edit]

Florida[edit]

Missouri[edit]

Nevada[edit]

2011 -- Renovation (Reno in 2011)

New Orleans[edit]

New York[edit]

Ohio[edit]

Oregon[edit]

Pennsylvania[edit]

Phoenix[edit]

Texas[edit]

Washington State[edit]

Failed bids for Worldconless Places[edit]

These areas have mounted serious bids for Worldcons, making it to the voting stage, but never won.

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  1. ↑ Milwaukee had several other announced bids, but no others that made it to site selection.
  2. ↑ An Indianapolis in '91 bid was announced in 1985, but didn’t make it to filing.
  3. ↑ A Hawaii in 1981 bid was announced, but didn’t make it to filing.
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