Montreal in Canada is one of the cities voted onto the new Here & Now World Edition of popular boardgame Monopoly. Photo / Canadian Tourism Commission
Montreal in Canada is one of the cities voted onto the new Here & Now World Edition of popular boardgame Monopoly. Photo / Canadian Tourism Commission
KEY POINTS:
Auckland and Queenstown have missed out on a place on the world edition of the Monopoly board.
Queenstown was just outside the top 20 city cut-off, finishing in 21st position.
During a six-week period in early 2008 more than 5.6 million votes were cast for 70 cities.
The20 cities with the most wild card votes, including Auckland, faced off in a bonus vote in March 2008. The two with the least votes - Taipei and Gdynia - earned the brown property spaces on the game board.
Montreal will be the most expensive property on the new board.
The new game will be available on August 26 with the first in the world to be sold at 12.01am from Toyworld at Sylvia Park, Auckland.
The 22 cities that earned spots on the Monopoly World Edition: (listed in order of property groupings with the highest rent property listed first)
* Dark Blue: Montreal, Canada; Riga, Latvia
* Green: Cape Town, South Africa; Belgrade, Serbia; Paris, France
* Yellow: Jerusalem, Israel; Hong Kong, China; Beijing, China
* Red: London, England; New York, USA; Sydney, Australia
* Orange: Vancouver, Canada; Shanghai, China; Rome, Italy
* Magenta: Toronto, Canada; Kyiv (Kiev),Ukraine; Istanbul, Turkey
* Light Blue: Athens, Greece; Barcelona, Spain; Tokyo, Japan
* Brown: Taipei, Taiwan; Gdynia, Poland
