BELFAST COMES TOP OF UK AND IRISH CITIES IN GLOBAL MONOPOLY VOTE!

Belfast beats London, New York and Tokyo to win place on global edition of Monopoly board

MONOPOLY fans invited to vote for favourite world cities for new MONOPOLY HERE & NOW: WORLD EDITION.

HASBRO has today announced the final cities on the first-ever crowdsourced MONOPOLY board, with Belfast voted in the top 10 most popular destinations, beating cities including London, New York and Tokyo.

The final list of cities was revealed today by Hasbro on MONOPOLY’s 80^th birthday with Belfast coming in ninth place worldwide and placed on the ‘Red’ property spaces. The Northern Irish capital beat London, who finished in 12^th spot, as well as Cardiff, Dublin and Edinburgh who didn’t make it onto the board.

LoveBelfast founder, Inga Norvilyte, who fronted the campaign to get Belfast on the board, said:

“This is absolutely amazing for Belfast. I’m so proud to be part of it and can’t wait to play the new MONOPOLY: HERE AND NOW game. A big thanks to everyone who voted and shared my love for this great city. Millions of people around the world will now be playing a MONOPOLY board with the city of Belfast on it! To finish 9^th in the world vote and as the top UK city is a great advertisement for N.Ireland.”

For the first time, fans were invited to select their favourite cities in the MONOPOLY HERE & NOW vote, powered by Buzzfeed, and shape the latest edition of the board game. Since February 13, 4 million votes have been cast from 182 countries worldwide.

Based on the vote, the winning cites that will be featured in the game include:

MONOPOLY HERE & NOW: World Edition

• Dark Blue: Lima, Peru; Hong Kong, China
• Green: Riga, Latvia; Lisbon, Portugal; Istanbul, Turkey
• Yellow: Warsaw, Poland; Mexico City, Mexico; Santiago, Chile
• Red: Belfast, N.Ireland; Athens, Greece; Belgrade, Serbia
• Orange: London, England; Moscow, Russia; Tokyo, Japan
• Magenta: New York, NY, U.S.A; Amsterdam, Netherlands; Sydney, Australia
• Light Blue: Queenstown, New Zealand; Cape Town, South Africa; Taipei, Taiwan
• Brown: Giethoorn, Netherlands; Madrid, Spain

Fans can find the results of the MONOPOLY HERE & NOW property space vote at VoteMonopoly.com.

Thursday 19 March marks the 80^th anniversary of MONOPOLY. In 1935 Parker Brothers acquired the rights for the MONOPOLY game from Charles Darrow and began selling the game shortly after. Since its debut, the MONOPOLY brand has captivated more than 1 billion players in 114 countries and has been translated in 47 languages.

The MONOPOLY HERE & NOW: World Edition game will be available this autumn and will feature iconic landmark tokens and new gameplay where players race round the board to visit as many locations as possible, collecting passport stamps along the way. Players will collect cash from visitor fees when opponents land on their locations and the first player to fill their passport wins.

The MONOPOLY brand is the world’s favorite family game brand and offers kids and families the thrill of owning it all across a variety of platforms and formats. Whether fans play face-to-face, on mobile devices or online, there is a MONOPOLY experience to fit every lifestyle. Learn more about the MONOPOLY brand atMonopoly.com and join the conversation at Facebook.com/Monopoly.

WE DID IT!! #BELFAST COMES TOP OF UK AND IRISH CITIES IN GLOBAL MONOPOLY VOTE! http://t.co/pirZVKD7pf THANKS YOU ALL pic.twitter.com/NRWxzKAObv

— Love Belfast ❤️ (@love_belfast) March 19, 2015