Can my city survive a World Expo? | Cities Skylines | Sunset City 27

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Sunset City is a series based on the US state of Florida. Not just taking inspiration from the most iconic tourist destinations or glamorous beaches, Sunset City will focus on capturing the entire state from North to South. We will cover such cities as Miami, Tampa and Orlando, as well as some towns in between. Most importantly Florida's natural landscaping spanning from the tropical beaches to the vast wetlands of the Everglades.
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[@raynaives9804]

Having youtuber flags instead of country flags was a stroke of genius to be fair

[@dartgerry]

I haven't even finished that part and I came here to comment, I love it as well!

[@FahrurRoziqin]

fr

[@heavyarms55]

Agreed! I'm so glad your comment was the top one! lol

[@milnimi]

I agree, I love the support for fellow City Skylines youtubers.

[@GraysonBWest]

Thesia!

[@dlaftx]

The expo losing money adds to the realism 😂

[@mr.wyrzykowski7522]

at 4:10 , the city i live in in Norway has a not so old industrial area, wich at this very moment is undergoing a very big renovation (they have come around half way aleready i think!) that started 2 years ago i think? If you want to take a look at it, look up Moss (the city), and the area im talking about is Verket. Even in 2012 those factories were still active, but then they demolished everything, except a chimney!

[@akana_]

Expo 86… If it weren’t for ‘86, the city I live in would still be a small town. Expo basically built vancouver. It brought us skytrain, and that I’d argue is the best thing it did. It’s pretty cool to see someone from the other side of the world inspired by my very own hometown.

[@SwitchbackSylveon]

Would be cool if you have flags for some of your other series like Marble Mountain and Oceania

[@echidna1428]

this needs to happen

[@mauriceskyliners9873]

Very good idea!

[@DavyOordijk]

Yesss! TDT series and other KZbinrs!

[@twodollarstwenty]

I agree but I couldn’t find the flags on steam. I know they exist somewhere

[@electro_sykes]

@@twodollarstwenty I think that when you build that new METRO, I think it should include an Elevated station at the EXPO

[@MrCrockaG]

This is great timing, I've been on a huge World Expo kick as well. In Canada, the Vancouver and Montreal ones were considered two of the most successful 20th Century expos. The Montreal one in particular was incredibly successful, and the new and expanded islands are now host to huge parks, an F1 track, casinos, and a ton of other attractions (Habitat 67 is an architectural feat, was just covered in a great B1M video). It was a hugely successful event for the city and country.

[@sduoqsoq7478]

lets not forget la ronde

[@DestineeQc]

The metro line of Montreal was even created to be ready for expo '67 ! :)

[@hippynothipster]

The tower shaft looks great! Love how you minimized foliage around the base to make it appear larger 👍

[@tumi6ocdn]

I love the idea of representing the other creator cities! Biffa's New Tealand should naturally have a tea themed exposition (maybe a tea shop?), City Planner Play's Verde Beach could have a tropical arboretum or vertical garden, Oceania could demonstrate how their mining technology could be used for asteroid mining and so forth. Excited for this P.S. I was one of the original people who were calling for the creation of FabArena, so I'm really glad its back and has a bit more history to it!

[@hanitagd]

the monorail station is so cool!

[@simonsv9449]

Another suggestion about what to use the old train tracks for is turn them into light rail tracks, which is something that can be found on for example, parts of the ”Tvärbanan” Light Rail in Stockholm.

[@dandelan]

Strictoaster was such an inspiration and a joy to watch! I applaud you for this little, but more than deserved homage, sir!

[@twodollarstwenty]

The golden years of CS content!

[@electro_sykes]

@@twodollarstwenty I think that when you build that new METRO, I think it should include an Elevated station at the EXPO

[@electro_sykes]

@@twodollarstwenty I think the Metro Should start at the Airport, than run elevated near the Cruise ship Terminal to the EXPO, at an elevated station, go through to an Underground Station in the Downtown, then Re-emerge Elevated and cross the Highway into the Suburbs, where it would run at grade.

[@ohno3862]

“Strictoaster was…” that hit me in the gut

[@NYLEVEN]

i think that, now that you've included cities of other people into the "canon" of sunset cities, that you could also do that with other cities. maybe you could make a company of sunset city become really big and also have shops in other cities of yours. i think it would be cool to see a fab soda sign in oceania for example

[@dankbornkstomper6867]

We’ve had a world expo in my home town before. Most of our great downtown infrastructure and event centers and stuff still stand and are functional for the most part. This is awesome to see in game!

[@daxconnell7661]

as some one that went to Expo 86 in Vancouver, this looks amazing ! this would be a good dlc package for Skylines 2. another thing you could add is the concert area, be nice if you could add more than one. maybe have a cruise ship port near the expo site as well (edit: use the nightlife content and then have it as entertainment either in the expo or close by to draw more people)

[@danonck]

I was so happy to see Scylla Republic's flag and you mentioning this gem of a series by JeremyThunder. Too bad it was abandoned. I love the new expo area, your style is something else man..!

[@ethannewman90]

Love that you added other KZbinr flags. I bounce between yours and CityPlannerPlays all the time. One of his biggest themes he uses a lot in his videos is “Mulligans” and “The Height of Realism”. He also has a company named “Johnson Aggregates”. Be fun to see any of those in the expo. Love the content.

[@hmmcdaniel277]

Hey for your FASE space center it could be called Apollo Island if it was on a island Saturn Island Great Vid

[@thedoctor4637]

I feel that this should be the 1984 World Expo just to split the difference between ‘82 and ‘86 and the expo probably wouldn’t go up in less than a year. I really enjoy the concept and look forward to seeing how much remains permanent. (Love the flags!)

[@DAN-sf6jd]

I really like how you use the countryside for some small but cool details. So I had an idea that you should add a serial killer to the storyline, the "Swamp monster" or something like that. You should decide if he still roams the streets or rather that there was a serial killer a long time ago and he was never found. You could add like old abandoned cars of his victims near roads in the middle of nowhere or an abandoned shack where he takes/took his victims and so on. He would be a cool legend and a part of the history of the city.

[@Snowyyedits]

A entertainment company could come in and buy the land of the expo after it finishes. They could transform the area into a theme park like Disney. The basic infrastructure is there and it would make sense if they noticed the city after the expo

[@bigtown5779]

Love connecting other Cites Skylines series! I always envision CS in an alternate universe curving out a similar, but yet it's own geographical footprint.

[@Pointlessgamertag]

Calgary Tower being there looks odd as a Calgarian just because of how iconic it is to Calgary. But I'm guessing it works for everyone else so I'm not complaining!

[@butteraviation3228]

I thought the same thing, it gives a different vibe.

[@mikedanilov8978]

Not sure if you're aware, but the rocket stella that you've used for your expo sits on top of museum of cosmonautics which is located at the Moscow's World Expo Center, which makes it double appropriate for this build.

[@JassNL]

This build is bloody amazing! What a GREAT idea 2d2! Love that you showcase your new metro there. the lore is great! keep it going!

[@ThatOneCappybara]

The valdez showroom should hold car shows, showing off new and also classic cars from around the world.

[@danielaltmann8493]

Love the use of the experimental metro train for the expo!!!🥰

[@SHID_MAFIA]

Please use something related to fluxtrance for the flags. His city skyline series were by far the best I have ever watched, and genuinely inspired me to write and be creative while watching his videos when I was young. Something referencing Avalon or RhineStone island would be so cool.

[@jo-anneharris4033]

I loved the monorail in Sydney. I would take my grandson to the Powerhouse museum on it.

[@usernameiphone3gkid]

Put trains on the train line in the expo. Theres museums like that in real life

[@johnson0618]

This is such a genius idea and one of the coolest CS builds I've seen! I really loved the idea to use the other youtubers city flags in the park :)

[@FoolishPedro]

Maybe another project would be Sunset City hosting a Formula 1 or other Motorsport event. Could be a custom racetrack or build a temporary city circuit.

[@icecreambear7913]

You should host the Eurovision Song Contest in Sunset City or Oceania.

[@Kkplayzoffical]

Agreed

[@antf7156]

Lol yes 🎉

[@mang075]

Yesss!!

[@sketch445]

It could be cool but its in the US which doesn't take part in Eurovision so it wouldn't make sense

[@emmagray7676]

You should

[@wutguycreations]

This is one of the coolest episdoes I've seen of you! Your builds never fail to inspire me to get into C:S and start playing! I gotta say, I was absolutely SHOCKED in the best way when I saw my comment featued in the video! I'm so thankful you took one of my ideas into account! Also, I saw you placing those commercial buildings around the soon-to-be FAB Arena and it gave me yet another idea: perhaps you could do something where you essentially have a small area of dense development around a stadium that's almost like an enclosed town area around the stadium! I know many places have this but one of the ones I know the best (seeing as I live close to there) would be the BATtery in Atlanta, Georgia! It's a very interesting thing and I encourage you to check it out!

[@jessemagal]

Idea: Because you've featured other KZbinrs with the flags you can also feature some of their custom companies or buildings if any in the expo

[@daniell2634]

It's been dead for a while. But from CWCW, can WOK Industries have a booth? If you want a sphere/dome it would be the perfect sponsor for it.

[@benmoorhouse88]

You've become my favourite City Skylines KZbinr with this series and I loved this episode. Looking forward to part two! 😊

[@cartercook5363]

The tower is from Calgary where I live (it is called the Calgary tower)

[@chees-egames]

Jeremy's portion of the expo would probably focus on graffiti (or street art to widen the options) and CPP would definitely focus on city planning and urbanism. It's so cool that you include pieces of other creators into your city, the story is totally coming alive!

[@flis9618]

I just love how you rework your city too give it such a deep lore & how you make every video interesting with different inspo pictures etc! 😊🙌 I also love the addition of other creators flags for their regions ❤️🥹

[@MBG141]

Loved the episode, and thank you for taking inspiration from Knoxville! Also at 6:20 I can confirm that World's Fair Park still stands in great condition with the Sunsphere being recently renovated a few years ago. However there's an ongoing fear that one of the open plots may be bought up by the next-door Univ of Tennessee for more apartment/dorm towers. As of right now the university's area is having 2 large towers being built at the moment.

[@jimmynuetronrblx8628]

I like to think that the industry that was there before was for mining phosphate for fertilizer, because thats the only ore I can think of that would be in florida.

[@_jeanique]

Loving the 3 in 1 video lol please do more :)

[@Sovereign-Gaming]

Love that the Vancouver Expo of '86 was featured 😁. It was a GAME-CHANGER for the city.

[@Arkiasis]

Pretty much made the Skytrain. Then the Olympics expanded it. As much as it feels sketchy these days I can't deny how efficient it is being automated meaning trains come every 2-3 minutes.

[@TrosheeWasTaken]

thank god fab arena is back. also this idea is genius and really unique. great job 2 20 c:

[@RIGGSindoors]

Love the use of the Calgary Tower! It's from my hometown!

[@ellivall6809]

The "Old Arena" is the Videotron Center, it is a huge arena in Québec City, Quebec, Canada. Many events are hosted there, with most often being hockey matches.

[@Badner83]

Great to hear that you have plans for a Space Port area like Cape Canaveral... This was also one of my comments in the early episodes. When I think of Florida, the first things I have in mind are Miami, Everglades and rocket launches. ;)

[@JonnyRay82]

Awww yeah! Vancouver Expo 86. They built our skytrain for this. I actually work in one of the old Expo 86 buildings. They were moved to a neighboring town after the expo.

[@heavyarms55]

I want to echo the folks who've already said it - the KZbinr flags? Awesome idea! Really like that!

[@Adam-ur1qw]

Love the incorporation of those older videos that you’re taking inspiration from. Really nice touch showing them to us.

[@wm-nu1yf]

Nice. I live near Miami now and lived near Knoxville in 1982 when I was 10. Actually got to go to the Knoxville Fair. I can still remember a lot of it and it was really fascinating to see.

[@TheZedric]

SkyTrain from Expo 86 in Vancouver!! It was neat to see them in the first few seconds to start the video. It's amazing that those mk. i trains are still being run today, although they are being phased out. I'm excited for the new mk. v rolling stock to come into service in 2024.

[@skrata173]

as a brisbaner, I enjoyed the mention of stefan's needle - surely Sunset City also has an eccentric hairdresser tycoon that buys a prominent landmark from the expo?

[@twodollarstwenty]

Please tell me more! I don’t know this lore

[@skrata173]

@@twodollarstwenty In real life, once Expo 88 was over in Brisbane, the exhibition was slowly deconstructed. To stop the sky needle from being moved to Tokyo Disneyland, an eccentric Lebanese hairdressing tycoon named Stefan bought the tower and moved it on top of his company headquarters where it now is in South Bank. Maybe one of the main Sunset City characters (or an entirely new one) will buy the observation tower and move it to prevent it being destroyed once the Expo is over. I think it would be pretty funny if it is eventually placed on top of a suburban home so it looks really out of place (but would give a lot of character!)

[@electro_sykes]

@@twodollarstwenty I think that when you build that new METRO, I think it should include an Elevated station at the EXPO

[@Swanronson009]

These videos are great, I am amazed at how you pulled this off!! Props to you and I can not wait for the next Sunset City episode!!

[@JBS319]

The big thing left behind from Vancouver Expo is the SkyTrain. That first line is called the Expo Line for a reason, as it was built to serve the Expo and demonstrated new technology. Since then, SkyTrain has expanded throughout Vancouver and that new technology from the Expo is found worldwide now.

[@sully_skylines]

Great to be back! Been a while. That expo is such a great idea and looking so damn good bro! 👏

[@jacobfife7273]

I love the idea of this. Stuff like World Expo and Olympics are a great idea for a city to add more infrastructure and art while boosting tourism in the short and long term. But they always come with challenges on how to recoup cost and making it work around the current infrastructure. Its something that, coincidentally Brisbane is going through at the moment with the Olympics.

[@phillyzfynest7]

One of the best CS episodes Ive ever seen. No capping on this.

[@Jay-nk6dm]

8:46 the freight train is making a huge dip in the road!

[@n.d.1011]

Loving the longer video format!

[@nousername102]

Dude, the homage to Expo '86. Well done! The inclusion of the State of the Art Car, mint. Absolute mint! Can't wait to see the McBarge included. Should be renamed to the Burger Barge.

[@tamrix]

Glad you got a Skyneedle. Most important part of any 80s expo.

[@alogsdino5311]

20:40 sounds refreshing ;)

[@hanitagd]

the city flags are really cool!

[@trentencharlton5480]

Since you are basing it off of a space expo, you could definitely take some inspiration from the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Specifically, the Davidson Center building with the Saturn V Rocket inside. And a bunch of the other rockets from the Space Race on display. That area that you set up for the rocketry could possibly be turned into a rocket museum (along the lines of Florida's rocket museum taking inspiration from Huntsville as well). That way, post-Expo, people of your city will always have an opportunity to learn and become engrossed by the Space Race and Sunset City's possible role in it!

[@TattooedDeviant]

I haven’t made my way through all the videos for this series but if no one has suggested a swamp flavored soda, muscadine grapes grow in the Everglades. There are also wines made from the grapes as well.

[@geoguru32]

We had Expo 88 in Brisbane. Wish I was alive then, I am a huge culture and geography and language nerd.

[@JOSEMIEL]

The random trash can at 23:42 😂

[@apexarchitecture2871]

I love the story behind this city and this fair!

[@lorenzodell289]

love how u used the buenos aires planetarium

[@chubski2514]

You should definitely try and add a Sunset City Grand Prix, possibly with some paddocks and racing kerbs/markings Somewhat like Monaco in a road course style

[@shlubbers1778]

I really like that idea of having the flags of different series instead of countries!! Totally go for that I think it'll turn out really nice

[@LeveyHere]

The expo looks great!

[@Ash2theB]

Really good episode. I'm really happy to Fab Arena back. I think you should also add a something from Stadium pack as well.

[@TomatoSoupra]

When the fair is over and the Fab Arena has its own team they should be named the Sunset City Saturns, named after the Saturn rockets

[@memorimusic420]

I love 30 min episodes!!!

[@realkajuze]

The easter-egg at 21:00 that u already played CS2 is pretty nice :)

[@Will-le4lm]

I love the idea of including the other youtuber flags!

[@JonnyRay82]

Knocksville and it's fabulous Sunsphere. Knocksville! Knocksville! Knocksville! ...I concur.

[@Kz-wu9et]

You are literally the most creative and immersive city skylines KZbinr really appreciate all the thought work and story that goes into all of this! Makes the wait so worth it!

[@miraibovs2215]

Hey my dude this is amazing!!! I think you would be interested in redoing you’re Olympic transformations like Beijing, London & Rio you should rlly do an Olympic transformations bc it would be cool too see joe you’re skills have evolved

[@majeedsame2079]

I suggest that you take one teacher from most of the festivals that took place, such as Dubai, Canada, and others, so that it brings back memories for everyone who visited the event before

[@MSP_aviation]

I love EXPO! Definitely putting one in my city. Hoping for EXPO2027 in Minnesota!

[@alexkeretschko2589]

I’m sure doing you’re research for this video you read about Montreal Expo 67, the most successful expo yet!!

[@VerdePoofie000]

Didn't expect that rocket statue from Museum of Cosmonautics in Moscow. Glad that my city is represented.😊

[@WillAU17]

Drive in theatres were very popular during the 1980s maybe you could add a drive in theatre franchise?

[@IJW]

I genuinely get sad when these episodes end 😞

[@oomredoo]

I love this build for the inspiration and imaginative use of assets, both visible and functional ones. I do like the concept of a narrative goal or at least a less "out of the box" concept build. I'm not really into detailing to the extent of using decals and props much, let alone Procedural Objects. But excellent to see. 18:16 I'd guess the Event Generators were made before the P & P DLC came out and had no knowledge of the pedestrian roads. Do standard stadiums connect to pedestrian roads now? I don't have P & P yet to test.

[@n.o6889]

you could get a flag from Akruas's Altengrad city, it's based on estern europe cities and could amulate the 80's URSS, as Sunset city emulate the 80's US

[@dragonbornexpress5650]

That would be cool, though I don't think Akruas has made an Altengrad flag yet.

[@n.o6889]

@@dragonbornexpress5650 there's still the logo of the serie, it could work

[@tomdavis3942]

nice to see Brisbane and Expo '88 in the footage

[@channingwalmsley9738]

A cool idea would be to eventually repurpose the old train line in Key West as a local trolly rail to take people around since there probably won’t be a ton of public transport otherwise

[@charliethompson437]

quality as always

[@boeing777s]

You Could Add A Anamation Company Like (disney) And Start A Theme Park, Kind Of A Way To Compete With Disneyland, Add On By A City In The Future's Expo Could Have A New Experimental Ride, Plot Twist, It Would Get Sued By Disney, The Bussiness Would Have Go Bankrupt, And The Theme Park Would Be In Ruins, Leaving Space For A Something New.

[@skylarstark802]

While my city has a logo it doesn't have a flag and I don't upload to youtube enough but having a flag in one of your cities would be a dream come true!

[@pokey862]

Very Nice Episode!

[@alvarofaustino01]

The chimney stack should be repurposed to a tower with restaurant on top. They do that in Expo98 in Lisbon

[@Jammalovesbread]

Banger

[@karstengjesdal3918]

A great flavour for the new FAB! soda could be «expo flavour». It would be a fruity kind of flavour that would somehow «taste» like the expo. Of course it wouldn’t actually taste like the expo (as that is impossible), but it would have a flavour that has the same «feeling» as the expo

[@Drift0952]

I would love to see you make your beach side nicer.