Yesterday's Tomorrow is Today
Join us in the Emerald City for the 69th World Science Fiction Convention! Cascadia fandom, under the auspices of SWOC, is bidding to host the 2011 Worldcon in Seattle, to celebrate the golden anniversary of Seacon, the 1961 Worldcon. We plan to use the Washington State Convention and Trade Center and adjacent hotels over the 2011 Labor Day Weekend(31 August - 04 September).
Our theme is "Welcome to today, yesterdays tomorrow, and a future yet to come". We will explore the possibilities, and ask ourselves “What if”. It is a unique opportunity to look forward through the eyes of such literary greats as Jules Verne & H.G. Wells, to what might have been, and then to look ahead through todays great luminaries to what is a limitless future.
SUPERB FACILITIES:
The Washington State Convention and Trade Center in the heart of downtown Seattle offers you function and beauty. The Center offers small and intimate space to large, airy ballrooms. For our headquarters hotel, we intend to use the Sheraton Seattle Hotel. The Sheraton has 47 newly renovated flexible meeting spaces and offers a total of 75,000 square feet of function space with a total of 1258 sleeping rooms. Located primarily on two levels, the hotel’s flexible meeting space and multiple elevators and escalators allow large groups to flow quickly from one venue to another so attendees can maximize their time. Most meeting spaces offer natural light, and more than 15,000 square feet of pre-function space with floor to ceiling windows create a feeling of being immersed in the city.Video
MORE FUN!
One of the "most visitable" cities in North American. Seattle is the perfect mix of an upbeat, fast-paced metropolis with a gorgeous, natural atmosphere. Seattle is home to a thriving music, dance and theatre scene. Vibrant galleries and one-of-a-kind museums scattered throughout the downtown core. Native American, maritime and pioneer history abounds with strong and diverse ethnic heritage influences. Seattle boasts the Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum, the Space Needle, the Pacific Science Center, and the Museum of Flight, thousands of restaurants, classic architecture, a vast variety of stores and shops of all kinds, as well as hundreds of acres of parks, zoos and arboretums. The Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle, our Worldcon site is in the center of it all.KEEPING THE WORLD in WORLDCON:
Closer to Asia and Alaska than any other major U.S. seaport, Seattle is a premier gateway for products, cruise passengers and tourists moving to and from North America. The Port is also involved in moving people, whether it is traveling for business or for pleasure. Sea-Tac Airport serves 76 domestic and 20 international destinations and over 31 million passengers annually, one in 10 of them on an international flight. The convention center itself boasts a free public art gallery that provides an opportunity for people of different cultures to enjoy a common experience.EASY TO GET TO:
Seattle is a direct flight away from a number of North American and many overseas cities. Approximately 29 airlines serve the Seattle/Tacoma International Airport daily. Non-fliers can get to Seattle easily by automobile, bus, ferry, or train.Join Our Community!
You can presupport the bid for $25. ($100 to become a Friend of the Bid.)
Click on the links at the top to find out more about Seattle, Worldcon, and Cascadia fandom.
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Contact us if you have questions or suggestions for the Seattle in 2011 bid.
