Though the web site hasn't yet been updated, Montreal has won the bid to host the 2009 World Science Fiction Convention (WorldCon). The other main bidder, Kansas City, was neck-and-neck with Montreal during the pre-convention mail-in balloting, but the at-convention voting was overwhelmingly in favor of Montreal. One source we have (which has not yet been confirmed) shows Montreal winning the at-con balloting 3-to-2. Final numbers appear to be 507 for Montreal, 341 for Kansas City. The current plan for Anticipation, the 2009 World Con, has it in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the weekend of 6-10 August 2009, although the specific dates are not yet confirmed.
The 2008 WorldCon, Denvention 3, will be held in Denver, Colorado, USA, 6-10 August 2008.
[Edited 2 September 2007:
Kevin Standlee has reported the actual vote counts:
Montreal: 507 (including 227 pre-con votes, 25 on Thursday at the con, 130 Friday, and 125 Saturday)
Kansas City: 341 (221 pre-con, 12 Thursday, 61 Friday, 47 Saturday)
No preference/blank/ineligible: 19
Write-ins:
Both: 1
Monster Island: 7
Brighton on the Green Line: 1
Hollister: 1
Minneapolis in '73: 2
Monkey's Eyebrow, Kentucky: 1
Spuzzum, BC: 1
Peggy Rae's House: 1
None of the Above: 20
Of the 883 ballots that indicated a preference, 442 were required for a majority vote.]
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