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Minnesota World’s Fair Bid Committee urges US to rejoin the BIE

Jun 09, 2015 Asia, Business, Europe & Middle East, Events, Features, Headlines, Latin America & Mexico, News, North America, World Expos, World markets Comments Off on Minnesota World’s Fair Bid Committee urges US to rejoin the BIE

Minnesota World’s Fair Bid Committee urges US to rejoin the BIE

Expo 2023 logoFor more than 30 years, the U.S. was a member of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), a treaty organization that regulates and schedules world expositions. The U.S. withdrew from the BIE in 2001, raising a significant barrier for U.S. cities that wish to host a world’s fair of their own.

The Minnesota World’s Fair Bid Committee (MN-2023) is preparing a bid to host a three-month long world’s fair in 2023. To support MN-2023’s bid, this report examines how and why the U.S. withdrew from the BIE and its impact on hosting future expos in the US. This report also proposes a political strategy for rejoining the BIE.

Click to access a PDF of the full report: Case for Rejoining the BIE_June2015

Prepared for: Mark Ritchie, Minnesota World’s Fair Bid Committee

Prepared by: Toumil Reza Samonte Allen, Master of Public Policy Candidate, The Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University

Faculty Adviser: Bruce Jentleson, Ph.D.

Want to know more about US involvement at world expos? See “Tales from the Expo” by James Ogul.

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