SAN FRANCISCO HAS A CHANCE TO MAKE MONOPOLY HISTORY!
“The City by the Bay” is One of Twenty Cities - and the Only US Candidate -
Nominated for a “Wild Card” Space on the First-Ever Global MONOPOLY Game Board
EAST LONGMEADOW, Mass. - February 29, 2008 - The people have spoken! With more than 4.5 million votes cast, San Francisco is one of 20 wild card cities that will compete for the opportunity to become a property space on the first-ever global MONOPOLY game board.
For the past six weeks, MONOPOLY fans voted to select which of the world's greatest cities will become properties on the new Monopoly Here & Now: The World Edition game board. The online ballot included cities such as New York, Paris, Tokyo and Sydney. Those votes determined 20 of the 22 property spaces on the game board. While the fate of the top 20 property spaces has been sealed, two property spaces are still up for grabs.
Two property spaces on the game board -- the spaces traditionally home to Baltic Avenue and Mediterranean Avenue -- were reserved for "wild card candidates" (write-in votes), so every city on the planet was eligible to be nominated to be on the game board. Starting today, the 20 cities that received the most nominations for the wild card properties will compete in a face-off vote. In addition to San Francisco, the top nominated cities include Gdynia, Cancun, Bern, Johannesburg and Quebec City. To view the full list of cities, visit http://www.monopoly.com/
In order for San Francisco to be victorious and land a spot on the new game board, fans are encouraged to vote for the city daily at http://www.monopoly.com during “wild card week,” which runs until March 9. The final list of cities to be included on the MONOPOLY Here & Now The World Edition game board will be unveiled in August 2008 and the game will go on sale in September 2008 in 45 countries.
“The City by the Bay” is One of Twenty Cities - and the Only US Candidate -
Nominated for a “Wild Card” Space on the First-Ever Global MONOPOLY Game Board
EAST LONGMEADOW, Mass. - February 29, 2008 - The people have spoken! With more than 4.5 million votes cast, San Francisco is one of 20 wild card cities that will compete for the opportunity to become a property space on the first-ever global MONOPOLY game board.
For the past six weeks, MONOPOLY fans voted to select which of the world's greatest cities will become properties on the new Monopoly Here & Now: The World Edition game board. The online ballot included cities such as New York, Paris, Tokyo and Sydney. Those votes determined 20 of the 22 property spaces on the game board. While the fate of the top 20 property spaces has been sealed, two property spaces are still up for grabs.
Two property spaces on the game board -- the spaces traditionally home to Baltic Avenue and Mediterranean Avenue -- were reserved for "wild card candidates" (write-in votes), so every city on the planet was eligible to be nominated to be on the game board. Starting today, the 20 cities that received the most nominations for the wild card properties will compete in a face-off vote. In addition to San Francisco, the top nominated cities include Gdynia, Cancun, Bern, Johannesburg and Quebec City. To view the full list of cities, visit http://www.monopoly.com/
In order for San Francisco to be victorious and land a spot on the new game board, fans are encouraged to vote for the city daily at http://www.monopoly.com during “wild card week,” which runs until March 9. The final list of cities to be included on the MONOPOLY Here & Now The World Edition game board will be unveiled in August 2008 and the game will go on sale in September 2008 in 45 countries.
