Perth Passes Go For Monopoly
Perth is to get its own version of Monopoly after winning a public poll
The Fair City’s to be immortalised with its own Monopoloy board. Perth’s beaten off 19 other Scottish locations to feature in the game, which is celebrating its 80th birthday.
It pipped St Andrews to the post with just 1% seperating them in a public poll.
The search is now on to find out which Perth landmarks will feature on the board.
Graham Barnes - MONOPOLY Executive at Winning Moves, the company producing the board under official license from MONOPOLY owners Hasbro - says:
“Many congratulations to Perth and thank you to everyone who voted. Scotland’s ancient capital will make a great board we are absolutely sure. Commiserations to the other five in the final stage of the contest.
“St. Andrews ran Perth extremely close all the way through the voting and at one point we were thinking we may have to roll the MONOPOLY dice to decide. Just two days before the voting ended they were dead-heating.
“It certainly was a great race and one worthy of MONOPOLY itself, with so many twists and turns during polling.”
Perth and Kinross Provost Liz Grant says: "Perth has many famous landmarks which hold a special place in the hearts of visitors and residents. It will be wonderful to see these featured on the iconic MONOPOLY board.
"I am looking forward to seeing the final product and finding out which landmarks are chosen by the people of Perth to be featured.
"My personal vote would be to see Perth Museum & Art Gallery and its sister museum the Fergusson Gallery secure their places on the board."
Mr Barnes adds:
“The new board is a celebration of Perth past, present and future. and so the Exhibition at the museum is a very apt place to announce that Perth is getting its’ very own board.”