The 2000 Worldcon held August 31 to September 4 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, the Fairmont Hotel, and the Swissôtel in Chicago, Ill. GoHs: Ben Bova (author), Bob Eggleton (artist), and Jim Baen (editor). FGoHs: Bob & Anne Passovoy. Harry Turtledove was Toastmaster. Chaired by Tom Veal.
The convention had 6,574 members, of whom 5,794 actually attended the convention.
Chicon programming included a series of on-line chats sponsored through Cybling, which allowed non-attendees to interact with the program participants.
During the bidding process, Chicago in 2000 issued forty trading cards depicting a variety of science fiction authors and artists, including Gordon R. Dickson, Terry Pratchett, and Larry Niven. Any one who collected twenty of the cards and voted in site selection received a free membership conversion to Chicon 2000. When Chicago in 2000 won, they issued a trading card #0 that announced their guests of honor.
Bidders: Chicago in 2000
See also Worldcon, Chicago Worldcons, List of Worldcons.
