Cape Town 'passes Go'
2008-08-20 13:00
Dear Editor,
Hasbro has just released the results from the Monopoly Here and Now: World Edition and Cape Town has been confirmed as being third on the list. Cape Town will sit on the last Green square (DeVilliers or Bloubergstrand depending on which South African version you have) on the Monopoly board and will be rated as the third most expensive piece of property of the game.
After a long voting session at the beginning of the year the final results have been released; Montreal lies in first place with Riga in second and Cape Town in third.
There was a lot of movement during the January/February voting period as fans voted to see their favourite city on the board. You might be wondering what happened to the "more famous" cities like New York, London, Paris etc? Well they started off well with Paris in first but soon dropped when the likes of Cape Town were voted for.
Montreal and Riga made a huge jump in the polls and unseated those cities from their thrones. Advertising most likely played a large role in which cities were voted for.
Cape Town benefited from this and regular news updates constantly reminded listeners and viewers to vote for Cape Town and Johannesburg. In the end Cape Town made in onto the list however Johannesburg failed to take the top two spots for the Wildcard section which would see it become one of cities allocated the Brown properties.
The Monopoly Here and Now: World Edition, according to Hasbro press reports, will be available from the 26 August 2008 in over 50 countries and in 37 different languages. This version will include new Chance and Community Chest cards and features such as celebrating in Rio de Janeiro and organising an international music festival etc.
Apparently, even the tokens, houses and hotels have been restyled to reflect icons from all seven continents.
Well done, Cape Town
Darren Steward,
Cape Town
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