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At LoneStarCon 2, Chicago beat "No Preference" and "None of the Above" to win the bid to hold the World Science Fiction Convention in 2000.
Chicon 2000
Hyatt Regency Chicago
Chicago, Illinois USAAugust 31 - September 4, 2000
Ben Bova, Bob Eggleton, Jim Baen, Bob and Anne Passovoy, Harry Turtledove
P.O. Box 642057, Chicago, IL 60664
Conucopia
Anaheim Marriott
Anaheim, California USAAugust 26 - 29, 1999
Jerry Pournelle, Richard and Nicki Lynch
c/o S.C.I.F.I., Inc.
P.O. Box 8442, Van Nuys, CA 91409
LoneStarCon 2 was party heaven with excellent Worldcon bid parties from Boston and Philadelphia for 2001, San Francisco and Seattle for 2002, and Canc£n and Toronto for 2003 along with fine L.A.con III, Bucconeer , and Chicon 2000 parties.
Site selection ballots will be mailed with Broadside Five in April. Now that Hoboken has dropped out due to their funding scandal, just Boston and Philadelphia seem to be bidding. We expect great parties from them at Bucconeer!
The Crabby Old Fen successfully fought off a hostile take-over bid by corporate pirates attempting to change their name from ConStellation Two to Bucconeer II. They have adapted a "Children of the Night" bid theme and announce that Edgar Allan Poe will be their special pre-con Dead Guest of Honor and party host. They will be offering "Bloodlettings for Baltimore" as a fund-raising ploy.
DC in 007 members are the Fen in Black (FIB). They are dedicated to protecting Fandom from the SMOFs of the Universe. Their proposed facility has moved closer to reality. The convention center construction plan is nearly finalized and has received all necessary city approvals. The new Washington, D.C. convention center will be at Mount Vernon Square and will have over two million square feet of function space.
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