Expo '95
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| Expo! 95 | |
|---|---|
 The logo of the 1995 World Expo | |
| Overview | |
| BIE-class | Unrecognized exposition |
| Name | Expo! 95 |
| Motto | New Beginnigs |
| Participant(s) | |
| Countries | 45 |
| Organizations | 2 |
| Location | |
| Country | Alva |
| City | Urgabom |
| Venue | New Harbor Gardens |
| Timeline | |
| Awarded | 1992 |
| Opening | May 22nd, 1995 |
| Closure | October 15th, 1995 |
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Expo '95, stylized as Expo! 95, was the 1995 edition of the World Exposition, also known as the World's Fair. It was held in Urgabom, Alva from May 22nd to October 15th, 1995.
Bidding
Expo 95 was originally awarded to Acronis, who had sought to host the expo one hundred years after they hosted the Worldwide Exposition of 1895. However, in January of 1992, an 8.7 earthquake in the Gulf of Northwest Gondwana near Tovar, Acronis caused significant damage to the city, including to the ongoing development along the coastline where the Expo was to be held. This, along with political and popular opposition to the Expo and the associated cost overruns that had already exceeded the planned budget by $2 billion SHD, caused the Acronian government to inform the Administrative Board for World Expos that it could not host the event.
The Administrative Board for World Expos held an extraordinary session in February 1992 in which it accepted the Acronian withdrawal and opened bidding for a new host. The bidding was to be open for 90 days. In that 90 day period, only Alva applied to host the 1995 edition of the Expo. Alva had just ended a civil war that year, and in May of 1992 was still being governed under a temporary cease-fire agreement until a new Constitution could be ratified. Alva centered this fact as a major draw in their bid, stating that the chance to host a World Expo would give the country a chance to come together for a "common purpose of peace." They also emphasized that Urgabom, long the country's wealthiest, most populous, and most cosmopolitan city, had been relatively unscathed by the war and had a functioning metro system and major transit links by land, sea, and air. Additionally, Acronis pledged to provide administrative assistance in event planning to Alva. The Administrative Board very narrowly awarded the bid to Alva, with a large minority voting instead to cancel the 1995 Expo.
Planning
They blew it, lol