For those who are interested, Jerusalem made it on to the world edition of the Monopoly board.
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.
The 20 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
Yep, you read correctly. Jerusalem, Israel.
Update: Commenter Yehudah notes that all of the cities are listed without country names, “specifically because Hasbro refused to list Jerusalem as being in Israel”. He’s right on both counts. All cities are without country names and this was almost certainly due to the “Israel” issue. The Israel mention was thus from the New Zealand Herald, which is surprising in itself.
