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Posted on 1/11/24 at 2:06 pm to Cdawg
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How many have they had since then?
05/1984-11/1984 - New Orleans
1985 - Japan
1986 - Canada
1988 - Australia
1991 - Bulgaria
1992 - Italy
1993 - South Korea
1998 - Portugal
2008 - Spain
2012 - South Korea
2017 - Kazakhstan
2027 - Serbia
"Plagued with attendance problems, the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition was the only exposition to declare bankruptcy during its run. As of 2023, there has not been a World's Fair in the United States since the exposition in New Orleans. "
Posted on 1/11/24 at 2:09 pm to Smeg
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Plagued with attendance problems, the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition was the only exposition to declare bankruptcy
yeah, attendance, that was the problem. not the politicians stealing.
Posted on 1/11/24 at 2:15 pm to Smeg
quote:You are 100% wrong! It was great. I was a season pass holder and visiting it very often. Loved it. The reason there was no more in the US afterwards was because it was a financial flop. The WF Committee scheduled too many World's Fairs in such a short timeframe that it cut way back on traveling visitors.
I was there and it sucked. Not worth remembering or commemorating. It fact, it was so bad that the World's Fair has never come back to the United States since.
This post was edited on 1/11/24 at 2:18 pm
Posted on 1/11/24 at 2:17 pm to NOSHAU
the beer garden was great!
the gondola over the river was terrifying.
the gondola over the river was terrifying.
Posted on 1/11/24 at 2:18 pm to MorbidTheClown
quote:Agree on both counts. The Pizza at the Italian restaurant was the best I had ever tasted.
the beer garden was great!
the gondola over the river was terrifying.
Posted on 1/11/24 at 2:19 pm to NOSHAU
some folks just can't have fun. no matter where they go.
Posted on 1/11/24 at 2:20 pm to MorbidTheClown
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the gondola over the river was terrifying.
Do you mean those times it was broken and stuck or the few times it actually worked?
Posted on 1/11/24 at 2:22 pm to Smeg
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Do you mean those times it was broken and stuck or the few times it actually worked?
yes
Posted on 1/11/24 at 2:22 pm to MorbidTheClown
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the gondola over the river was terrifying.
My family and I rode the gondola. There was some mechanical problem and we ended up sitting over the river for about half an hour, slightly swaying in the wind.
I remember there was a food vendor that was selling chocolate covered bananas. My old man said that it looked like "shite on a stick."
I remember Seymour D. Fair, the Enterprise space shuttle, and the balloon animal guy at the French Pavilion.
I know my folks have pictures from the fair boxed up somewhere. That sums up my memories of the '84 Worlds Fair.
This post was edited on 1/11/24 at 2:27 pm
Posted on 1/11/24 at 2:23 pm to TheFonz
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Enterprise space shuttle
was working at michoud at the time so this part was interesting to me.
Posted on 1/11/24 at 2:27 pm to TheFonz
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My family and I rode the gondola. There was some mechanical problem and we ended up sitting over the river for about half an hour, slightly swaying in the wind.
That sums up the '84 Worlds Fair for me.
Posted on 1/11/24 at 2:50 pm to FCP
I have a hat with that logo. Hope that helps.
Posted on 1/11/24 at 2:55 pm to Porpus
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little TM icon on there. That's little TM is your indication that if you try to make one yourself, you will end up in Pampy Barre's special gimp room.
Meh, possibly. It's been 40 years.
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A federal trademark lasts 10 years from the date of registration, with a potentially unlimited number of 10-year renewal terms.
Posted on 1/11/24 at 3:23 pm to Smeg
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the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition was the only exposition to declare bankruptcy during its run.
Soon as the world's fair people walked in:
Posted on 1/11/24 at 4:20 pm to FCP
The worlds fair was incredible
I was a freshman at Loyola in 1984 and we were there every weekend
Jed’s and Sheila’s
Once you got a good buzz we go run thru the kid wash then back to the bars
I was a freshman at Loyola in 1984 and we were there every weekend
Jed’s and Sheila’s
Once you got a good buzz we go run thru the kid wash then back to the bars
Posted on 1/11/24 at 4:31 pm to FCP
AntiqueTiger probably has one in his bathtub
Posted on 1/11/24 at 4:47 pm to Sput
For us oldheads who were around back then and had season passes (you had to get them at Maison Blanche)- there was no better time to be had as a kid than going to that Fair every weekend .. to this day,, it always kinda blows my mind when it’s talked about as a colossal failure, since i have nothing but great memories.. then again, i wasnt a financier with skin in the game, i was just a kid .
Posted on 1/11/24 at 5:04 pm to Cdawg
Well, here's your sign. :foxworthy:
Posted on 1/11/24 at 6:15 pm to FCP
Take that graphic to a sign shop and get a new one.
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