Monopoly hands the dice to Huntsville for new city edition
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Monopoly wants your ideas for its Huntsville edition. Photo: Derek Lacey/Axios
The famed real estate board game Monopoly is publishing a Huntsville edition next year.
Why it matters: Boardwalk, Parkway Place? More like U.S. Space and Rocket Center and Big Spring Park.
- They're asking locals for recommendations on iconic locales to fill up the game board.
What they're saying: "Monopoly is coming to Huntsville, but the most exciting part is that it's a blank canvas," said Sarah Bowman, sales executive with Top Trumps USA, which is working on Monopoly: Huntsville Edition under license from Hasbro.
- "Think of places, actual properties in Huntsville that you would like to see when you pass 'Go,'" she said at an announcement Tuesday.
How it works: For the next five weeks, they'll be taking recommendations of properties to include via emails to [email protected].
- The game itself will publish in March 2027, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and local stores, per a release.
- Community Chest and Chance cards of the game will be customized, too, as will the Monopoly Money.
Case in point: Bowman said she'd already received a Chance card recommendation: getting stuck in traffic on I-565. Move back three spaces.
- "All of the little Easter eggs that you would like to see in the game, please submit them," Bowman said. "We will be going through each and every suggestion."
- Businesses and nonprofits also have the chance to make the board, they and can reach out at the same email address, which Bowman will manage.
Zoom in: Top Trumps will also be working with organizations like the City of Huntsville, the Huntsville/Madison County Convention and Visitors Bureau and even Instagram pages, she said, to fill out the entire board.
- Aside from the four corners (Go, Jail/Just Waiting, Free Parking and Go to Jail), there are 36 spaces, including three Chance spaces, three Community Chest spaces and two tax spaces.
- So for just properties, that leaves 28. Think: parks, colleges, restaurants, stadiums and music venues.
Pro tip: Bowman said the game generally preserves Monopoly's traditional categories — utilities remain utilities and transportation assets fill railroad-type spaces.
- She said to think about the highest-profile spots like Boardwalk in terms of longevity and relevance, not necessarily property value.
- "We want to know, where do you take your kids on the weekend?" Bowman said. "Where would you take someone who's visiting from out of town to brag and show off Huntsville?"
What we're watching: We have ideas. How about a Chance card: "You hear a loud boom and have to post online about it. Move back three spaces."
- We want to hear your ideas, too! Send 'em our way and we'll put together the best for an unofficial sneak peek.