Expo 2000

2000 Hannover
2000 Hannover
Overview
BIE-class	Universal exposition
Name	Expo 2000
Building(s)	Expo 2000 DachHolzkonstruktion
Area	160 hectares (400 acres)
Visitors	18,100,000
Mascot	Twipsy
Participant(s)
Countries	180
Organizations	2
Location
Country	Germany
City	Hannover
Venue	Hanover Fairground
Coordinates	52°19′18″N 9°48′44″E / 52.32167°N 9.81222°E
Timeline
Bidding	1988
Awarded	14 June 1990
Opening	1 June 2000
Closure	31 October 2000
Universal expositions
Previous	Expo '98 in Lisbon
Next	Expo 2005 in Aichi
Specialized expositions
Previous	Expo '98 in Lisbon
Next	Expo 2008 in Zaragoza
Horticultural expositions
Previous	Expo '99 in Kunming
Next	Expo 2002 in Haarlemmermeer

Expo 2000 was a World Expo held in Hanover, Germany from 1 June to 31 October 2000. It was located on the Hanover Fairground (Messegelände Hannover), which is the largest exhibition ground in the world. Initially, some 40 million people were expected to attend the exhibition over the course of months; however, eventually with less than half of this number, the Expo was a flop and turned out to be a financial failure.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

The Expo's masterplan was designed in a joint venture with Studio d'Arnaboldi / Cavadini, Locarno and AS&P (Albert Speer und Partner GmbH).

^ SPIEGEL, Claus Hecking, DER (24 September 2014). "Expo 2000 in Hannover: Was wurde aus der Weltausstellung?". Der Spiegel.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Antje Sirleschtov; Imre Grimm (21 July 2000). "Expo-Flop: Die Sponsoren der Weltausstellung werden nervös" [Expo-Flop: The Sponsors of the World Exhibition are getting Nervous]. Der Tagesspiegel (in German).
^ Hilke Janssen (28 April 2010). Rob Mudge (ed.). "Revisiting Hanover 10 years after Expo 2000". Deutsche Welle.
^ Jones, Zachary Mark (May 2011). Explicating Failure: Expo 2000 (Bachelor of Architecture). Penn State University.
^ Forgey, Benjamin (27 May 2000). "World-Class Failure". The Washington Post.
^ Carol J. Williams (1 June 2000). "Is German Expo a failure even before it gets started?". The Seattle Times – via Los Angeles Times.

[1] SPIEGEL, Claus Hecking, DER (24 September 2014). "Expo 2000 in Hannover: Was wurde aus der Weltausstellung?". Der Spiegel.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] Antje Sirleschtov; Imre Grimm (21 July 2000). "Expo-Flop: Die Sponsoren der Weltausstellung werden nervös" [Expo-Flop: The Sponsors of the World Exhibition are getting Nervous]. Der Tagesspiegel (in German).

[3] Hilke Janssen (28 April 2010). Rob Mudge (ed.). "Revisiting Hanover 10 years after Expo 2000". Deutsche Welle.

[4] Jones, Zachary Mark (May 2011). Explicating Failure: Expo 2000 (Bachelor of Architecture). Penn State University.

[5] Forgey, Benjamin (27 May 2000). "World-Class Failure". The Washington Post.

[6] Carol J. Williams (1 June 2000). "Is German Expo a failure even before it gets started?". The Seattle Times – via Los Angeles Times.

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