After a night long night of work and a couple drinks after I was happy to see this pop up on my local news feed!
"A World's Fair in Minnesota? A group of ardent fans wants to make it happen"
"A group of Minnesotans wants to bring about 10 million people here in 2023 for an international event that many young folks never heard of and many older people don’t know still exists.
Steve Heckler, a Twin Cities event organizer by trade, has been working to get a World’s Fair in the U.S. — and specifically Minnesota — since 2008."
http://www.minnpost.com/arts-culture/20 ... -it-happen
In order to make this happen our perception of mass transit needs to shift from in my words "kiddy street cars" to a full blown subway or something along the lines of grade segregation. Followed by a renewed {almost over) investment in every facet of civic infrastructure, buildings, and parkland. The cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul would have to create a game plan unlike anything they have had to do before. I figure the only thing that prevents this event from coming back to the US would be a local sense of the nail that sticks out gets the hammer. Minneapolis is already know around the world in various business circles. The Worlds Fair would bring it into a level only a handful of other US cities have. The next ten years are going to determine if Minneapolis has what it takes.
Should this have its own thread I will let a mods decide that.