SPECIAL EVENTS & OCCASIONAL USE 2008 CALENDAR
Dates
25 February -8 March March 2008 2 March 2008 7 - 9 March 2008 7-9 March 08 17-23 March 08 22 March 2008 23 March 2008 30 March 2008 2 April 2008 4 - 8 April 2008 15 - 25 April 2008 15-20 April 2008 20 April 2008 19 April 2008 21-22 April 2008 24 April 2008 Late April 2008 25 May - 8 June 2008 1-5 May 2008 Mid/End May 2008 16 May 2008 26 April - 6 May 2008 27 June 2008 7-29 June 2008 23 June - 6 July 2008 16 June 2008 22-25 June 2008 2nd Half 2008 End June/ Early July 2008 5-27 July 2008 6 July 2008 7 July 2008 7 - 9 July 2008 16-20 July 2008 21 - 27 July 2008 8 - 24 August 2008
Event
(Sports, Trade Show, Politics, Entertainment)
Location
Dubai Japan Singapore Gang Naung Korea Luis Puig Palace, Valencia , Spain Gothenburg, Sweden Taiwan Malaysia Edinburgh, Scotland Rome, Italy Miami, FL Perth Australia DC 4/15-17, NY 4/18-20, Asuncion Motegi Japan New Orleans Dakar, Senegal Doha, Qatar Roland Garros - Paris Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Jordan Lima, Peru Real Club de Tennis Barcelona 1899 Spain UK Switzerland and Austria England Pietermaritzburg to Durban, South Africa Merida various L.A. cities Valencia, Spain Various, France Pamplona, Spain London, England Hokkaido Toyako in Japan Royal Birkdale Golf Club Lancashire, England Oakville Ontario Canada Monaco Beijing China
The Dubai Tennis Championships (ATP)
Peruvian President Alan Garcia visits Japan
HSBC Women's Championships 2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships World Figure Skating Championships Taiwan Presidential Election Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix 36th IAAF World Cross Country Championships 3rd Anniversary of Pope John Paul II's Death Inter-American Development Bank annual meeting 12TH FINA World Masters Swimming Championships Pope Benedict Visits US General (Pres. & 2 Chambers of Commerce) Election in Paraguay Indy 300 Series North Am leaders Summit IAAF Grand Prix Doha hosts 8th annual Forum on Democracy, Development and Free Trade French Open Tennis AFRICAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS Jordan hosts World Economic Forum on the Middle East V EU/LAC Summit Open SEAT 2008 - Tennis Nelson Mandela 90th birthday concert takes place in UK -(actual birthday 18th July 08) Euro 2008 (Soccer) Wimbledon Tennis Comrades Marathon Plant Biology 2008, MX Copa Sudamericana Americas Cup Tour de France Running of the bulls takes place in Pamplona 3rd Anniversary of London Bombings G8 Summit in Hokkaido Toyako British Open Championships Canadian Golf Open UEFA Super Cup (soccer) Monaco 2008 Summer Olympics
SPECIAL EVENTS & OCCASIONAL USE 2008 CALENDAR
Dates
25 - 28 August 2008 25 Aug. – Sep. 2008
Event
(Sports, Trade Show, Politics, Entertainment)
Location
Denver, CO NY, USA Austria HALMSTAD, Sweden Minnesota Cardiff, Wales Beijing China Tokyo Japan NY, USA Caceres Mato Grosso Madrid, Spain Portugal SAF Fuji Japan Ottawa
Democratic National Convention US Tennis Open World Seniors Chess Championship Solheim Cup, (Golf) Republic National Convention Cricket: 5th Natwest ODI: England v South Africa Paralympics Games Toray Pan Pacific Tennis Open 63rd UN General Assembly World Car Free Day Int. Fishing Fest, BR Tennis Masters Series World Surfing Games 2008 Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009 Japanese Grand Prix Skate Canada 63rd UNGA in NY 7th MTV Video Music Awards LatAm French Open Japan Prime Minister, Yasuo Fukuda attends Economic Cooperation Forum Costa Rica takes over presidency of UN Security Council Brazilian Grand Prix takes place Tennis Master Cup Shanghai US Presidential Election FIA World Championship - Race of Macau APEC CEO Summit UBS Hong Kong Open (Golf) Midnight Mass Vienna New Years Concert FIFA Club World Cup Soccer L.A. World Cup Qualifiers FIFA World Cup
1 - 4 September 2008 3 September 2008 6 - 17 September 2008 15 September 2008 Late September 2008 22 September 2008 Mid-September
4 Oct. 2008 - 4 July 2009 12 Oct. 2008 30 Oct - 2 Nov. 2008 Late Sept-early Oct. Mid-October 2008
Toulouse, France Perú, SA Costa Rica Interlagos, Sao Paulo Shanghai Various Macau Lima, Perú Hong Kong Rome, Italy Vienna, Austria Various various L.A. cities S. Africa
November 1 November 2008 2 November 2008 3 November 2008 4 November 2008 16 November 2008 20-23 November 2008 20-23 November 2008 24-25 December 2008 31 Dec. 08 - 1 Jan. 09 December 2008 2008, 2009, 2010 2010
Event Key Sports Trade Show Politics Entertainment (i.e. Concerts, Academy Awards, etc.)