Expo '74 World's Fair

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:World's_Fair
gptkbp:annualVisitors 5,200,000
gptkbp:area 100 acres
gptkbp:BIECategory gptkb:museum
gptkbp:BIERecognized true
gptkbp:city gptkb:Spokane
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endDate 1974-11-03
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Expo_'75_(Okinawa)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Expo '74 World's Fair
gptkbp:legacy creation of Riverfront Park
helped revitalize downtown Spokane
removal of railroad tracks from city center
gptkbp:location gptkb:Spokane,_Washington,_United_States
gptkbp:logo Expo '74 logo
gptkbp:mascot gptkb:Benny_the_Beaver
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:IMAX_Theater
gptkb:Great_Northern_Clocktower
gptkb:U.S._Pavilion
gptkbp:notableEvent performance by Bob Hope
performance by Ella Fitzgerald
performance by Isaac Hayes
performance by John Denver
gptkbp:notableFor first World's Fair in the United States since 1962
first environmentally themed World's Fair
gptkbp:notablePavilion gptkb:Australia_Pavilion
gptkb:Boeing_Pavilion
gptkb:Republic_of_China_Pavilion
gptkb:Washington_Water_Power_Pavilion
gptkb:Japan_Pavilion
gptkb:United_States_Pavilion
gptkb:U.S._Pavilion
gptkb:Washington_State_Pavilion
gptkb:Canadian_Pavilion
gptkb:Ford_Pavilion
gptkb:Iran_Pavilion
gptkb:Philippines_Pavilion
gptkb:Republic_of_Korea_Pavilion
gptkb:Soviet_Pavilion
gptkb:West_Germany_Pavilion
gptkbp:officialName Expo '74
gptkbp:opened gptkb:President_Richard_Nixon
gptkbp:organizer gptkb:Expo_'74,_Inc.
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Expo_'70_(Osaka)
gptkbp:siteTransformedTo gptkb:Riverfront_Park
gptkbp:startDate 1974-05-04
gptkbp:theme environment
Celebrating Tomorrow's Fresh New Environment
gptkbp:troopContributingCountries 14
gptkbp:website https://www.spokane74.com/
gptkbp:year 1974
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Riverfront_Park_Havermale_Island
gptkb:Riverfront_Park_Pavilion
gptkb:Riverfront_Park_SkyRide
gptkb:SkyRide_over_Spokane_Falls
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5