Come On NZ – Vote for Queenstown

Media Release
Monday 16th February

Come On NZ – Vote for Queenstown
Queenstown is New Zealand’s nominated city to compete for a square on the Here and Now worldwide Monopoly board.

Roll the dice, pass GO, and get ready to vote for Queenstown! Global games giant Hasbro is launching its second worldwide vote to find the 22 greatest cities in the world to be included on the Monopoly Here & Now: World Edition game board.

Queenstown, New Zealand is the only Kiwi town to make the list of 80 finalists.

Its success of being printed worldwide on the board of the biggest selling board game depends on the number of Kiwis who visit www.VoteMONOPOLY.com and vote for Queenstown. Voting is open now until 3 March 2015 and fans can rally behind Queenstown by sharing their vote on Facebook and Twitter using the hashtag #VoteMONOPOLY. The twenty cities that receive the most votes will be part of Monopoly history on the World Edition Monopoly Here & Now game board with the top city being placed on the coveted highest rent property traditionally held by Mayfair.
Two spaces on the board will be reserved for any city, big or small, that are nominated through a wild card vote. Any region from any country in the world can be nominated for these property spaces, which means that Taupo or Christchurch have an equal chance of making it on the board as London & Hong Kong. Wild Card votes are open from March 3 to March 9 2015.

“We are thrilled to get Queenstown nominated and now we need all Kiwis to get behind the vote to secure our place on the board” Says Karlie Fox, Promotions Manager at Hasbro NZ. “Finally having New Zealand represented would be such an achievement, as would securing enough votes to beat Adelaide and Sydney”.

Queenstown just missed out on its place on the first Monopoly Here And Now board back in 2008, and Hasbro NZ hopes that Kiwis from around the globe will get behind Queenstown to vote to ensure it secures Monopoly real estate in 2015. Queenstown is the clear choice for nomination as it is a place that all New Zealanders can be proud of with its adventurous outdoors attitude, and stunning scenery.

The final list of cities that will be featured in the Monopoly Here And Now games will be announced on March 19, World Monopoly Day and the Monopoly brand’s official 80th birthday. The Monopoly Here And Now: World Edition game will be available in September 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 And Now campaign at VoteMonopoly.com.

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