Charlotte Bids For 2004 Worldcon

A Worldcon bid has been launched for Charlotte North Carolina in 2004

The first 2004 Worldcon bid has been announced. A bid committee including Kelly Lockhart, Irv Koch and Shelton Drum will bid for a Worldcon to be held in the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.

The convention centre has 280,000 sq ft of exhibition space, and it is expected that it will be able to accommodate all the convention activities. There are apparently 2,900 bedrooms in a number of hotels at distances of between one and eight blocks.

North Carolina is in the Eastern rotation zone, so this bid is not dependent on the ratification of the No-Zone proposal at Aussiecon 3. However, if No-Zone is ratified, then potential competing bids will not be limited by the zoning system, and anywhere that is eligible under either the new rules (not within 500 miles of Philadelphia, site of the 2001 Worldcon) or the old rules (in the Eastern zone and not within 60 miles of Philadelphia) will be eligible.

-- Mike Scott

01 Jun 1999