Late yesterday afternoon Expo 2010 organizers announced that all national pavilion construction work must begin by June 30. Those who miss the deadline will not be allowed to build their own pavilions, and must instead seek space in a “standardized” pavilion or use a common pavilion. The statement didn’t single out any particular country, but…
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US Expo 2010 pavilion team totally misses deadline, hires PR flack.
It’s nearly forty-eight hours since the US missed the April 15 deadline to confirm its participation at Expo 2010, and – as of five minutes ago – I can’t find a single news outlet that’s covering the story. No doubt, the deadline was a soft one that the Shanghai Organizing Committee can and will extend…
The Pavilion Wars
At the Atlantic, “The Pavilion Wars,” my reported dispatch on the various factors that will almost certainly lead to the US missing an April 15 deadline to confirm its participation – that is, its pavilion – at Expo 2010 in Shanghai (better known as the World’s Fair). More likely than not, the Shanghai Organizing Committee…