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...incentives driving the Bostonians to Expoland were obvious. Recently, the Red Sox have been producing record attendance numbers despite having the highest ticket prices in baseball. In contrast, Olympic Stadium’s attendance is reaching record lows, and its V.I.P. seats behind home plate cost CAN$36, slightly cheaper than the US$25 obstructed-view outfield grandstand seats at Fenway Park. The favorable $1.50 Canadian-for-U.S. exchange rate enhances the visitors’ ability to acquire their respective hedonistic pleasures—families expose their children to French-Canadian tourism and culture, young couples wine and dine...

Author: By David R. De remer, | Title: POSTCARD FROM MONTREAL: Boston Invaders Turn Heads | 7/27/2001 | See Source »

...country's triumph at the 1958 World Exhibition in Brussels. The pavilion is dominated by two spiraling pieces of modern glass sculpture. Among the imposing welded sculpture and cast-glass figures of the main pavilion, there is an immense iron bell, which visitors are invited to toll. In Expoland (the amusement area), the Czechs are showing an improved version of Laterna Magika, the combination of multi-projector movie wall and live acting that was the hit of Montreal's Expo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: World's Fair, Asian Style | 4/20/1970 | See Source »

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