The Kansas City bid for the 59th World Science Fiction Convention

March 16 Press Release:

For immediate release 3/16/98:

At last night's meeting of the KC In Boston in 2K (+1) bid committee, the John B.
Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center was selected as the site that will
be bid for the 59th World Science Fiction Convention. The Hynes Center
includes 360,000 square feet of exhibit space and many hotels within easy
walking distance. The principle convention hotel will be the newly renovated
Sheraton Boston Hotel & Towers with 1,208 guest rooms and suites.
 
Facilities Liason, Barbara Walley, announced that the room rates may be
higher than any previous WorldCon, but that the Committee is working on some
innovative ways to keep the convention as reasonable as possible.

Chairman Ken Keller explained that there had not been sufficient time for
the Committee to negotiate favorable terms and meet the deadline for
inclusion on the ballot. Consequently the Bid will be competing as a
"write-in' bid. Under the constitution of the World Science Fiction Society,
to be counted as a valid bid, papers need only be filed with the Baltmore
WorldCon by the close of voting.

For more details on the KCin2k(+1) bid please visit the bid's homepage at
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Rampart/6141/

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Science Fiction Society, an unincorporated literary society.

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