page_title: 1984 Louisiana World Exposition
hierarchical_section_title: 1984 Louisiana World Exposition
caption_attribution_description: English: 1984 World Fair in New Orleans. Fair mascot "Seymore D. Fair" posing off fair grounds, picture taken with personal camera.
context_page_description: The 1984 Louisiana World Exposition was a World's Fair held in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. It was held 100 years after the city's earlier World's Fair, the World Cotton Centennial in 1884. It opened on Saturday, May 12, 1984, and ended on Sunday, November 11, 1984. Its theme was "The World of Rivers—Fresh Waters as a Source of Life".
  Plagued with attendance problems, the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition has the distinction of being the only exposition to declare bankruptcy during its run. Many blamed the low attendance on the fact that it was staged just two years and two states from Knoxville's 1982 World's Fair, and because it coincided with the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Others believe that the 1982 opening of Walt Disney World's EPCOT Center may have also drawn more people to Orlando, Florida. There has not been a World's Fair in the United States since the exposition in New Orleans as of 2020.
  This expo also had the distinction of being the first World Exposition in the history of expos to have an official fair mascot. Seymore D. Fair, a large white costume pelican, became one of the most recognizable figures of any modern day World Exposition.
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context_section_description: The 1984 Louisiana World Exposition was a World's Fair held in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. It was held 100 years after the city's earlier World's Fair, the World Cotton Centennial in 1884.  It opened on Saturday, May 12, 1984, and ended on Sunday, November 11, 1984.  Its theme was "The World of Rivers—Fresh Waters as a Source of Life".
  Plagued with attendance problems, the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition has the distinction of being the only exposition to declare bankruptcy during its run. Many blamed the low attendance on the fact that it was staged just two years and two states from Knoxville's 1982 World's Fair, and because it coincided with the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Others believe that the 1982 opening of Walt Disney World's EPCOT Center may have also drawn more people to Orlando, Florida. There has not been a World's Fair in the United States since the exposition in New Orleans as of 2020. 
  This expo also had the distinction of being the first World Exposition in the history of expos to have an official fair mascot. Seymore D. Fair, a large white costume pelican, became one of the most recognizable figures of any modern day World Exposition.
  U.S. Navy's host ship for the 1984 World's Fair was USS Stump.
caption: Seymore D. Fair
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