A bid for a convention, like a Worldcon, which is done for the fun of it (sometimes as an excuse to throw bid parties) and with no intention of winning, such as the first, NWT in '53, or Highmore in '76.
A hoax bid is different from a joke bid: The people running a hoax bid never expected to win.
Pages tagged as "hoax" and "bid":
Alcatraz in '99
Antarctica in '99
Australian NASFiCs
Bermuda Triangle Bid
Bermuda Triangle in '88
Boston in 1999
Boston in 2020
Boston Mountains in 2000
Breckenridge in '85
Christmas in Boston in 2020
Clavius Base in 2001
Clavius in 2001
Columbus in 1985
Concord in '80
Detroit in '79
DripCon
Dublin, CA in 2019
Flushing in '80
Geneva in 2008
Gulag in '84
Hawaii in 1999
Hel, Norway in 2001
Highmore in '67
Highmore in '76
Hoax bid
Hollister in 2008
Hong Kong in 1997
Huttcon '90
I95 in 95
Ingolstadt in 1984
Johnstown in 1983
Kent in 1984
Kettleman City in '99
London in '84
Moonbase Alpha in '99
Mordor in '64
Moscow in 2017
Nashville in '79
New York in '92
Not Dundalk in '92
NWT in '53
NY in '95
Olive Country
Pluto in '87
Providence in 2020
Ratcon in Ararat
Reykjavik in 2012
Roswell in 2002
San Marino in 2019
Say Da to Moscow
Seattle in '85
St. Ghu in '82
Terminus in 23,309
Tillamook in 1981
Titanicon in 2012
Toronto in '78
Tranquility Base in 70
Trans World Con in 1991
Vatican City in 2001
Virgincon in '65
Wigwam Village
Z'ha'dum in 2258
