Editing Łódź (section)

===Horticultural Expo 2029===
Łódź bid for the [[Expo 2023|Specialized Expo 2022/2023]] but lost out to [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina.

Łódź was planned to host the Horticultural Expo in 2024. However, multiple Expo events were delayed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], a [[2021 World Horticultural Exposition|Horticultural Expo in Doha, Qatar]] from 2021/22 to 23/24 among them.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.bie-paris.org/site/en/2021-doha| title=Expo 2021 Doha| publisher=[[Bureau International des Expositions]]| quote=The Government of the State of Qatar has formally requested BIE approval to change the opening dates of Expo 2021 Doha to 2 October 2023 – 28 March 2024. The request follows in depth discussions [...] on the global impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Executive Committee of the BIE unanimously agreed to propose the postponement of Horticultural Expo 2021 Doha, with the BIE General Assembly to vote on the recommendation during its next meeting on 1 December 2020.| access-date=2020-11-15| archive-date=12 April 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412092245/https://www.bie-paris.org/site/en/2021-doha| url-status=live}}</ref> As a result, the Horticultural Expo in Łódź has been rescheduled to 2029 to maintain a required time interval between them.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://uml.lodz.pl/aktualnosci/artykul/rok-2029-nowy-termin-zielonego-expo-w-lodzi-id36688/| title=Rok 2029: nowy termin Zielonego Expo w Łodzi| date=2020-09-23| language=pl| publisher=Urząd Miasta Łodzi| access-date=2020-11-08| archive-date=28 September 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928212123/https://uml.lodz.pl/aktualnosci/artykul/rok-2029-nowy-termin-zielonego-expo-w-lodzi-id36688/| url-status=live}}</ref>