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* 1973 -- '''[[Torcon II]]''' ([[Toronto in '73]]) | * 1973 -- '''[[Torcon II]]''' ([[Toronto in '73]]) | ||
* 1975 -- [[Montreal in '77]] bid (dropped out before the vote) | * 1975 -- [[Montreal in '77]] bid (dropped out before the vote) | ||
| − | *1979 -- Original [[Winnipeg in '94]] bid launched | + | * 1979 -- Original [[Winnipeg in '94]] bid launched |
* 1984 -- '''[[ConAdian]]''' ([[Winnipeg in '94]]) | * 1984 -- '''[[ConAdian]]''' ([[Winnipeg in '94]]) | ||
* 2003 -- '''[[Torcon 3]]''' ([[Toronto in '03]]) | * 2003 -- '''[[Torcon 3]]''' ([[Toronto in '03]]) | ||
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* 1975 -- Failed [[Washington in '77]] bid | * 1975 -- Failed [[Washington in '77]] bid | ||
* 1978 -- Failed [[Baltimore in '80]] bid | * 1978 -- Failed [[Baltimore in '80]] bid | ||
| − | * 1978 -- [[DC in '84]] (odd, out-of-[[rotation]] bid which was forced to withdraw) | + | * 1978 -- Abandoned [[DC in '84]] (odd, out-of-[[rotation]] bid which was forced to withdraw) |
* 1983 -- '''[[Constellation]]''' ([[Baltimore in '83]]) | * 1983 -- '''[[Constellation]]''' ([[Baltimore in '83]]) | ||
| − | * 1989 -- [[DC in 1992]] (withdrew before the vote) | + | * 1989 -- Abandoned [[DC in 1992]] (withdrew before the vote) |
* 1998 -- '''[[BucConeer]]''' ([[Baltimore in '98]]) | * 1998 -- '''[[BucConeer]]''' ([[Baltimore in '98]]) | ||
* 2004 -- [[Baltimore in 2007]] (probably a [[hoax bid]]) | * 2004 -- [[Baltimore in 2007]] (probably a [[hoax bid]]) | ||
| − | * 2004 -- [[DC in 007]] (short-lived serious bid) | + | * 2004 -- Abandoned [[DC in 007]] (short-lived serious bid) |
| − | * 2009 -- [[DC in 2011]] (short-lived serious bid) | + | * 2009 -- Abandoned [[DC in 2011]] (short-lived serious bid) |
* 2015 -- Failed [[DC17]] bid | * 2015 -- Failed [[DC17]] bid | ||
* 2021 -- '''[[Discon III]]''' ([[DC in 2021]], a bid by [[BWAWA]]) | * 2021 -- '''[[Discon III]]''' ([[DC in 2021]], a bid by [[BWAWA]]) | ||
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* 1997 -- [[Boston in 1999]] [[hoax bid]] | * 1997 -- [[Boston in 1999]] [[hoax bid]] | ||
* 2004 -- '''[[Noreascon 4]]''' ([[Boston in 2004]]) | * 2004 -- '''[[Noreascon 4]]''' ([[Boston in 2004]]) | ||
| + | * 2020 -- [[Christmas in Boston in 2020]] [[hoax bid]] | ||
===[[California]]=== | ===[[California]]=== | ||
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* 1964 -- '''[[Pacificon II]]''' ([[San Francisco in '64]]) | * 1964 -- '''[[Pacificon II]]''' ([[San Francisco in '64]]) | ||
* 1968 -- '''[[Baycon (Worldcon)]]''' ([[Bay Area in '68]]) | * 1968 -- '''[[Baycon (Worldcon)]]''' ([[Bay Area in '68]]) | ||
| − | * 1974 -- | + | * 1974 -- Abandoned brief [[San Francisco in '78]] bid |
* 1993 -- '''[[ConFrancisco]]''' ([[San Francisco in '93]]) | * 1993 -- '''[[ConFrancisco]]''' ([[San Francisco in '93]]) | ||
* 2002 -- '''[[ConJose]]''' ([[Bay Area in 2002]]) | * 2002 -- '''[[ConJose]]''' ([[Bay Area in 2002]]) | ||
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* 1959 -- Start of (unsuccessful) [[South Gate Again in 2010!]] bid | * 1959 -- Start of (unsuccessful) [[South Gate Again in 2010!]] bid | ||
* 1962 -- Withdrawn [[Los Angeles in '64]] bid | * 1962 -- Withdrawn [[Los Angeles in '64]] bid | ||
| − | *1967 -- Failed bid for [[PanPacificon]] | + | * 1967 -- Failed bid for [[PanPacificon]] |
* 1972 -- '''[[L.A.con I]]''' ([[LA in '72]]) | * 1972 -- '''[[L.A.con I]]''' ([[LA in '72]]) | ||
* 1976 -- Failed [[LA in '78]] bid | * 1976 -- Failed [[LA in '78]] bid | ||
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* 1988 -- '''[[Nolacon II]]''' ([[New Orleans in '88]]) | * 1988 -- '''[[Nolacon II]]''' ([[New Orleans in '88]]) | ||
* 2016 -- Failed [[New Orleans in 2018]] bid | * 2016 -- Failed [[New Orleans in 2018]] bid | ||
| − | * 2019 -- [[New Orleans in 2023]] bid (folded after [[Dublin 2019]]) | + | * 2019 -- Abandoned [[New Orleans in 2023]] bid (folded after [[Dublin 2019]]) |
===[[New York State|New York]]=== | ===[[New York State|New York]]=== | ||
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* 1940 -- Failed [[New York in 1941]] bid | * 1940 -- Failed [[New York in 1941]] bid | ||
* 1948 -- Failed [[New York in '49]] bid | * 1948 -- Failed [[New York in '49]] bid | ||
| − | *1949 -- Failed [[New York in '50]] bid | + | * 1949 -- Failed [[New York in '50]] bid |
| − | *1951 -- Failed [[1952 Worldcon Site Selection|New York in 1952]] and [[1952 Worldcon Site Selection|Niagara Falls in 1952]] bids | + | * 1951 -- Failed [[1952 Worldcon Site Selection|New York in 1952]] and [[1952 Worldcon Site Selection|Niagara Falls in 1952]] bids |
* 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]] | * 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]] | ||
| − | *1964 -- Failed [[Syracuse in '65]] bid | + | * 1964 -- Failed [[Syracuse in '65]] bid |
* 1956 -- '''[[NyCon II]]''' (aka NewYorkCon; [[New York in 1956]]) | * 1956 -- '''[[NyCon II]]''' (aka NewYorkCon; [[New York in 1956]]) | ||
* 1966 -- Failed [[Syracuse in '67]] bid | * 1966 -- Failed [[Syracuse in '67]] bid | ||
Revision as of 10:42, 22 September 2020
Contents
Australia[edit]
- 1967 -- Failed bid for PanPacificon
- 1975 -- Aussiecon One (Australia in '75)
- 1981 -- Failed Adelaide in '83 bid, Australia in '83 bid
- 1982 -- Perth in '84 (abandoned)
- 1985 -- Aussiecon Two (Melbourne in '85 aka Australia in '85)
- 1986 -- Failed Sydney Cove in '88 bid
- 1988 -- Failed Sydney in '91 bid
- 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 -- Abandoned Perth, Australia in 2025 bid, now Australia 2025, a bid for Brisbane
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 (London in '65)
- 1979 -- Seacon '79 (Brighton, Britain in '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 (Toronto in 1948)
- 1973 -- Torcon II (Toronto in '73)
- 1975 -- Montreal in '77 bid (dropped out before the vote)
- 1979 -- Original Winnipeg in '94 bid launched
- 1984 -- ConAdian (Winnipeg in '94)
- 2003 -- Torcon 3 (Toronto in '03)
- 2009 -- Anticipation (Montreal in 2009)
- 2015 -- Failed Montreal in 2017 bid
Europe[edit]
- 1970 -- Heicon '70 (Germany, Heicon in 70)
- 1990 -- ConFiction (Netherlands, Holland in 1990)
- 2017 -- Worldcon 75 (Finland, Helsinki in 2017)
Ireland[edit]
- 2019 -- Dublin 2019 (Dublin in 2019)
Japan[edit]
- 1967 -- Failed bid for PanPacificon
- 2007 -- Nippon 2007 (bid had same name)
- 2015 -- Failed Nippon in 2017 bid
New Zealand[edit]
- 2020 -- CoNZealand (New Zealand in 2020)
United States[edit]
Atlanta[edit]
- 1951 -- Failed Atlanta in 1952 bid
- 1986 -- Confederation (Atlanta in '86)
- 1993 -- Failed Atlanta in '95 bid
- 1996 -- Failed Atlanta in '98 bid
Baltiwash[edit]
- 1941 -- Failed Washington, DC in 1942 bid
- 1949 -- Failed DC Capicon in '50 bid
- 1959 -- Failed DC in 1960 bid
- 1963 -- Discon
- 1966 -- Failed Baltimore in '67 bid
- 1974 -- Discon II
- 1975 -- Failed Washington in '77 bid
- 1978 -- Failed Baltimore in '80 bid
- 1978 -- Abandoned DC in '84 (odd, out-of-rotation bid which was forced to withdraw)
- 1983 -- Constellation (Baltimore in '83)
- 1989 -- Abandoned DC in 1992 (withdrew before the vote)
- 1998 -- BucConeer (Baltimore in '98)
- 2004 -- Baltimore in 2007 (probably a hoax bid)
- 2004 -- Abandoned DC in 007 (short-lived serious bid)
- 2009 -- Abandoned DC in 2011 (short-lived serious bid)
- 2015 -- Failed DC17 bid
- 2021 -- Discon III (DC in 2021, a bid by BWAWA)
Boston[edit]
- 1966 -- Failed Boston in '67 bid
- 1971 -- Noreascon (Boston in 71)
- 1980 -- Noreascon Two (Boston in 1980)
- 1989 -- Noreascon 3 (Boston in '89)
- 1994 -- Abandoned Boston in '98 bid by MCFI
- 1995 -- Failed Boston in 1998 bid by BCEC
- 1997 -- Failed Boston in Orlando in 2001 bid
- 1997 -- Boston in 1999 hoax bid
- 2004 -- Noreascon 4 (Boston in 2004)
- 2020 -- Christmas in Boston in 2020 hoax bid
California[edit]
Bay Area[edit]
- 1941 -- Failed San Francisco in 1942 bid
- 1951 -- Failed San Francisco in 1952 bid
- 1952 -- Failed San Francisco in '53 bid
- 1954 -- SFCon (San Francisco in '54)
- 1964 -- Pacificon II (San Francisco in '64)
- 1968 -- Baycon (Bay Area in '68)
- 1974 -- Abandoned brief San Francisco in '78 bid
- 1993 -- ConFrancisco (San Francisco in '93)
- 2002 -- ConJosé (Bay Area in 2002)
- 2018 -- Worldcon 76 in San Jose (San Jose in 2018)
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
- 1962 -- Withdrawn Los Angeles in '64 bid
- 1967 -- Failed bid for PanPacificon
- 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 (unopposed)
- 1952 -- Chicon II (aka TASFiC; Chicago in 1952).
- 1958 -- Failed Chicago: 1959 bid
- 1959 -- Failed Chicago in '60 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 -- Failed Chicago in 2008 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 (Detroit in '59)
- 1979 -- Failed Detroit in '82 bid
Missouri[edit]
- 1969 -- St. Louiscon (St. Louis in 69)
- 1970 -- Mysterious Kansas Citycon in '77 bid
- 1976 -- MidAmeriCon (KC in '76)
- 1986 -- Failed St. Louis in '88 bid
- 2016 -- MidAmeriCon 2 (Kansas City 2016)
New Orleans[edit]
- 1949 -- Failed New Orleans in 1950 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
- 1979 -- Failed New Orleans in '82 bid
- 1988 -- Nolacon II (New Orleans in '88)
- 2016 -- Failed New Orleans in 2018 bid
- 2019 -- Abandoned New Orleans in 2023 bid (folded after Dublin 2019)
New York[edit]
- 1939 -- NyCon (the First Worldcon)
- 1940 -- Failed New York in 1941 bid
- 1948 -- Failed New York in '49 bid
- 1949 -- Failed New York in '50 bid
- 1951 -- Failed New York in 1952 and Niagara Falls in 1952 bids
- 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
- 1964 -- Failed Syracuse in '65 bid
- 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!)
- 1975 -- Failed New York in '77 bid
- 1978 -- Flushing in '80 hoax bid
- 1984 -- Failed NY in '86 bid
- 1986 -- Failed New York in 1989 bid
- 1989 -- Failed New York in '92
- 1992 -- NY in '95 hoax bid
- 1995 -- Abandoned New York in '98 and failed Niagara Falls in '98 bids
- 2001 -- Short-lived Nieuw Amsterdam in 2004 bid
- 2015 -- Short-lived New York in 2017 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
- 2004 -- Failed Columbus in 2007 bid
Pennsylvania[edit]
- 1941 -- Failed Philadelphia in 1942 bid
- 1947 -- Philcon (Philadelphia in 1947)
- 1953 -- Philcon II (aka 11th Worldcon; Philly in '53)
- 1959 -- Failed bid for Philadelphia in 1960
- 1960 -- Pittcon (Pittsburgh in '60)
- 1976 -- Failed Philadelphia in 1977 bid
- 1984 -- Failed Philadelphia in '86 bid
- 2001 -- Millennium Philcon (Philadelphia in 2001)
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