1950 Worldcon Site Selection
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Site selection for the 1950 Worldcon was conducted at the Cinvention in 1949. The bidders were Capicon in '50 (Washington, DC), New Orleans in 1950, New York in '50, and Portland in 1950 (represented by LA fan Forrest J Ackerman!).
Portland won and went on to run NorWesCon.
One commentator said, "the business meeting was filled with politics, with many fans scheming to keep the bid away from controversial, feud-ridden New York."
James Taurasi (a feuding New Yorker of the 1930s) wrote in Science, Fantasy, and Science Fiction’s post-con supplement:
I was very impressed by the open discussions and votes for the 1950 Convention site. Never in all the reports of past conventions have I read where the convention site for the next year was picked so honestly and democratically. I only hope that in future conventions this practice will be continued. The disappearance of the “smoke-filled room” in picking conventions is a sure sign that science fiction fandom is growing up. Portland won the site fair and square and I hope all fandom will go all out and support them in their ’50 Convention.
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