The Atlanta in 1998 Worldcon Bid

Introduction

ACME, the Atlanta Consortium for Multi-genre Education, a Georgia non-profit 501(c)3 corporation, has announced a bid to host the 1998 World Science Fiction Convention .

Facilities

The Atlanta in 1998 bid features the Atlanta Market Center complex for its programming tracks, dealers room, and art show. The complex is located in downtown Atlanta just two blocks west of the site of Confederation, the 1986 Worldcon.

Atlanta in 1998 will use the two largest exhibition halls in the Market Center: the Inforum and the Atlanta Apparel Mart. These vast structures both feature exhibit space (a combined single-level Exhibit Hall of 200,000 square feet) and an ultra-modern meeting facility (complete with a Broadway-style theater) that can handle up to twenty-six simultaneous tracks of programming.

Hotels

Over 5,000 hotel rooms are immediately accessible by climate-controlled overhead tubes including our 1998 Headquarters hotels, the Hyatt Regency Atlanta and the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel.

Three additional hotels, Days Inn Atlanta, the Ramada Hotel, and Inn at the Peachtrees, have reserved hotel rooms for attendees - and all three provide free parking for guests. In fact, over 12,000 hotel rooms are available within an eight-block radius of the Atlanta Market Center.

Bid Committee Members

The Atlanta in 1998 Bid Committee is comprised of Mike Dillson, Steve Gold, Todd Cameron Hamilton, Stuart Hellinger, Regina Kirby, Ed Kramer, Zanny Leach, Rembert Parker, Vol Ranger, and Committee Chair Bill Ritch.

Bid Committee members have worked in key positions on the following conventions: Worldcon (since 1977), World Fantasy Convention, World Horror Convention, Windy Con, TropiCon, SerCon, Origins, Oasis, Noreascon 3, Kubla Khan, InConjunction, Glathricon, GenCon, DeepSouthCon, Contact, Chattacon, ArmadilloCon, Ad Astra, and the Nebula Awards.

How to Support the Bid

Pre-support the Atlanta in 1998 bid and vote in the 1998 Worldcon Site Selection. If Atlanta wins, you will have a 1998 Worldcon Attending Membership. That's right, a ZERO DOLLAR Conversion Rate!

Voters in the 1998 Worldcon Site Selection will have a $25.00 Conversion Rate. And even if you don't vote at all, the bid committee has promised that the at-the-door rate for a full Attending Membership will be under $100.00 US!!

Pre-Supporting Memberships are only $5.00 US if you are currently a NASFiC member, only $8.00 if you're not!

To summarize for those not familiar with the Worldcon Voting fees:

Mail your Pre-Supporting Membership fee to:ACME, 449 Pleasant Hill Road, Suite 311, Lilburn, Georgia 30247.