Exploring an Edmonton Bid to Host a World EXPO a Conceptual Report
Exploring an Edmonton bid to host a world Expo a Conceptual report CREDITS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thanks To: EXPo ProjEcT commiTTEE al maurer - chair, councillor jane Batty, councillor karen Leibovici, Patricia misutka, candice stasynec, ken Fiske, mary Pat Barry, Ellen Finn, Barb ireland EXPo ciTizEn commiTTEE Doug Goss, shafraaz kaba, Yasmin jivraj, Linda Wedman, Vi Becker, Traci Bednard, richard skermer, michael Phair, Eva mah Borsato, john chomiak, karen Wichuk, ruth kelly, ken knowles, randy Ferguson, ralph Young, ken cantor, Ted Lelacheur, Vivian manasc, sam shaw, maureen mccaw, robert noce, ron Gilbertson, Dick Wong, Wendy kinsella, Bob steadward, curtis Gillespie, Lewis cardinal, Frank calder, richard Wong, john mahon, martin salloum, anne mcLellan, Bob Westbury, Don oborowsky, jon hall, alexis Pepin, hafsa Goma, Gail stepanik-keber, Denise carpenter, Patricia mackenzie consultanTs calder Bateman communications, Western management consulting, oGP consulting, steven staples Planning & urban Design consultant, Forrec Ltd., Wild rose Financial services, stantec consulting Ltd., Downey norris & associates inc., Leger marketing Ltd. contents INTRODuCTION 3 ExECuTIvE SuMMARy 7 Section 1: OvERvIEW 13 InTroDucTion To EXPosiTions 13 ThE BiD ProcEss 15 BEnEFiTs anD risks oF hosTinG 16 Section 2: FeasibILITy OF 2017 OR 2020 23 EXPo caTEGoriEs 23 AttenDancE EsTimaTEs 23 AccommoDaTinG VisiTors 25 InFrasTrucTurE 26 ReaLizinG ThE Economic imPacT 27 StraTEGic consiDEraTions 27 EDmonTon shouLD PursuE a rEcoGnizED EXPo in 2017 28 Section 3: ThE PLANNING
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