Re: Seattle in 2011 question

Michael T Pins <mtpins@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:

>geary@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Mark Geary) writes:

>>In article <fppmc3$870$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>Keith F. Lynch <kfl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> Michael Benveniste <mhb-offer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> > Should your choice win, ...
>>> 
>>> Which seems likely, since the bid is unupposed.
>>> 
>>> There don't seem to be any competing Worldcon bids for any
>>> years anymore.

>>That's right, there haven't been any competing Worldcon bids since 2007.

>???

>There were two bids for 2008 (Chicago and Denver), and two bids for 2009
>(Montreal and Kansas City).  2010 is unopposed as the vast majority of
>people who would bid for a Worldcon either want to go to Australia, or
>realize that enough other people do that they'd likely lose by a large
>margin.

Umm, make that *three* bids for 2008 (I forgot about Columbus.)

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