With the 2 November bid closure date just a few days away, Sao Paulo Brazil and Ekanteriberg Russia have put in their last minute bids to the Bureau of International Expositions in Paris.
This makes a total of 4 official bids for the 6-month 2020 Universal Exposition, with as of yet no bid from much expected contender Silicon Valley USA, which was launched by then Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger at the Shanghai World Expo last year.
Also missing is a bid from Australia, where it was hoped that a 2020 World Exposition could be used as the centrepiece for a 1770-2020 250th Anniversary of Captain James Cook claiming Australia for Great Britain.
It is hoped that Australia will be able to host an International Garden Exposition for the 2020 year instead.
With thanks to French World Expositions consultant Laurent Le Mog, our man in Paris, for the news with regards to these bids.
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