UK and Ireland Fans Invited to Vote for Favourite Cities to Become Property Spaces
In celebration of the MONOPOLY brand’s 80th anniversary, Hasbro has teamed up with social news and entertainment company BuzzFeed to ask fans to choose which great cities around the world will be featured as property spaces in the new MONOPOLY HERE & NOW: World Edition game launching this autumn.
Powered by BuzzFeed, the MONOPOLY HERE & NOW property space vote will begin today at www.VoteMONOPOLY.com.
UK and Ireland MONOPOLY fans will have until midnight on Wednesday 4th March to pick from a list of 80 global destinations that will be featured in the MONOPOLY HERE & NOW: World Edition game to be sold globally this autumn. Fans can rally behind their beloved hometowns by sharing the vote on Facebook and Twitter using the hashtag #VoteMONOPOLY as well as engage with fun BuzzFeed content featuring the cities in the vote.
London, Belfast, Dublin, Edinburgh and Cardiff are all represented in the global list, with fans competing to place their city in the coveted Mayfair or Park Lane spots.
“I love Belfast. It’s a great place to live. There is plenty of sights like the Titanic Visitor’s Centre, St George’s Market, Belfast Castle and Botanic Gardens. The city has some of the most beautiful architecture and open green spaces. Probably the best part of Belfast is it’s people, warm friendly and always going out of their way to make visitors right at home. The people are proud of their city and sport’s heroes like George Best, Carl Frampton and the Belfast Giants. We have fantastic nightlife with top class restaurants, pubs and nightclubs. Belfast is the home of Van Morrison so here you will always find live music, from traditonal to rock and you will understand the meaning of “Good craic”. Belfast also hosted fantastic global events such as the Tall Ship’s race, culture night, MTV awards, the World Police Fire games and the Giro d’italia. Vote for Belfast as there is no other city like it.” – @love_belfast
In addition, from Tuesday 3rd March through Monday 9th March, all locations big and small will have the chance to compete for two spaces on the MONOPOLY HERE & NOW game boards during “Wild Card Week.” Fans can “write-in” additional locations not included in the initial list of destinations and the cities with the most submissions during this week will be featured in the Old Kent Road and Whitechapel Road spots. Will Gravesend beat Glastonbury, or Wrexham come out on top against Waterfoot?
“We are thrilled to be teaming up with BuzzFeed as one of the leading social news and entertainment sites to bring our fans an exciting way to choose the cities that will be featured in the new MONOPOLY HERE & NOW game,” said Jonathan Berkowitz, vice president of global marketing for gaming at Hasbro. “This innovative campaign demonstrates how we continue to keep the MONOPOLY brand relevant by empowering our fans to help create today’s game.”
“From sharing on BuzzFeed to gathering around the MONOPOLY HERE & NOW game, our collaboration with Hasbro marries traditional and new media to create great social experiences that bring fans together worldwide,” said Jonah Peretti, Founder and CEO at BuzzFeed.
The final list of cities that will be featured in the MONOPOLY HERE & NOW games will be announced on March 19, World MONOPOLY Day and the MONOPOLY brand’s official birthday.
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 the game has been played by more than one billion people in 114 countries around the world. Whether fans play face-to-face, online or on their mobile or console devices, there is a MONOPOLY experience to fit every lifestyle.
Learn more about the MONOPOLY brand at Monopoly.com, join the conversation at Facebook.com/Monopoly, and vote in the MONOPOLY HERE & NOW campaign at VoteMonopoly.com.
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