Expo 2000

2000 Hannover
Overview
BIE-classUniversal exposition
NameExpo 2000
Building(s)Expo 2000 DachHolzkonstruktion
Area160 hectares (400 acres)
Visitors18,100,000[1]
MascotTwipsy
Participant(s)
Countries180
Organizations2
Location
CountryGermany
CityHannover
VenueHanover Fairground
Coordinates52°19′18″N 9°48′44″E / 52.32167°N 9.81222°E / 52.32167; 9.81222
Timeline
Bidding1988
Awarded14 June 1990 (1990-06-14)
Opening1 June 2000 (2000-06-01)
Closure31 October 2000 (2000-10-31)
Universal expositions
PreviousExpo '98 in Lisbon
NextExpo 2005 in Aichi
Specialized expositions
PreviousExpo '98 in Lisbon
NextExpo 2008 in Zaragoza
Horticultural expositions
PreviousExpo '99 in Kunming
NextExpo 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).

  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.