The well-known game Monopoly is going global with the World Edition launching soon. Currently there’s a worldwide online voting campaign to select which cities will fill the 20 available spots on the monopoly board. Queenstown, located in the South Island of New Zealand, is the only New Zealand city on the leaderboard and is competing with 68 other finalists for a spot.
I love Queenstown. It’s not far from where the fictional Mitchell family lives (my Middlemarch series) and my next release in this series, ASSASSIN is partially set in Queenstown. It’s a tourist mecca in both summer and winter, the town dominated by the beautiful lake Wakatipu and the majestic Remarkables mountain range. This photo was taken from the gondola on the way up to our dinner at the hilltop restaurant.
Queenstown is currently sitting in 18th place.
Vote for your favorites here.
Which cities do you think should be on the World Edition of monopoly?
What a fabulous pic!
Guess what - hubby is making noises about us visiting NZ next year! Yay!!!
by Christina Phillips February 11th, 2008 at 3:51 amI had to vote for Toronto and Canadian cities. I’ll try to vote from DH’s computer for Queenstown, just for my kiwi friends!!
Cause I love you all!!
by Amy Ruttan February 11th, 2008 at 9:11 amThat looks like a splendid place to have dinner.
No idea about towns. Hamburg, maybe? Göttingen will never make it, that’s for sure.
by Gabriele February 11th, 2008 at 11:19 amOoh, Chrisitina, that’s awesome. I think the RWNZ conference is in Wellington next year. Are you visiting during summer or winter?
Amy - I see that Canadian cities are doing quite well in the standings, but we’d appreciate a NZ vote
Gabriele - there’s a place to add a city if it’s not on there already. I believe they’re adding a wildcard city as well.
by Shelley Munro February 11th, 2008 at 12:37 pmIn that case I’d like to add Ankh Morpork.
by Gabriele February 11th, 2008 at 12:58 pmNo idea about the cities, but will try to vote for Queenstown, just for my NZ friends.
by Estella February 11th, 2008 at 2:33 pmI think NY should be included. I’ll be sure to vote for Queenstown too.
by Jane February 11th, 2008 at 2:41 pmLOL - a morepork is a native NZ owl. I’m sure there must be a real German city to vote for
Although I’m sure Terry Pratchett fans would be thrilled.
Estella - Queenstown would appreciate your vote. I think you can choose up to ten cities.
Jane - I agree, and I’m pretty sure New York is among the leaders. I know there were two Canadian cities. There must be lots of monopoly fans in Canada.
by Shelley Munro February 11th, 2008 at 4:38 pmCool - I voted for Toronto and Queenstown. Thanks for the link. That picture of Lake Wakatipu is gorgeous.
by julia February 11th, 2008 at 5:36 pmI’ve been pitching my vote toward Toronto (currently in 16th place) and as we get 10 votes per day, I’ll be HAPPY to throw one to NZ!!!
I’ll start tomorrow.
Remember TORONTO, if you feel like a reciprocal deal? ;)
by Wylie February 11th, 2008 at 8:57 pmLOL - Okay, Toronto it is
by Shelley Munro February 11th, 2008 at 9:00 pm