Ylmeria ISC Session

The Capital of the Shalman Empire and the host of the December Simlympics, has also expressed its interest in hosting an ISC session. More information is to come soon.

The Shalman Imperial Simlympic Committee has officially announced that the city of Ylmeria will bid for the 10th ISC Session. Bidding information is as follows:

Ylmeria General Info
Population: 6,000,000
Status: Capital of the Shalman Empire
Important Events:
-1st Singasong Contest
-December 2008 Simlympic Games
-1st Pan Andromedan Games (Now Inter-Union Games)
Important venues:
-Confederacy of Free Regions Headquarters
-Confederal Union of Trade and Trade Union Bank Headquarters

Ylmeria is the Shalman Empire's largest city by far, with 6 million inhabitants. It has been the center of attention of the simworld numerous times, the most important one being when the Empire had the honor of hosting the Simlympic Games. The city has been characterized as the "cultural capital of the COFR", and its inhabitants refer to it as the "Queen of Cities" for historical reasons. It has seen trumendous change with the Simlympic Games of December and now once again the six million people of Ylmeria want to host a Simlympic-related international event.


Ylmeria is located on the planetary system of Andromeda, on the planet of Andromeda. Thus, it can be reached by Spaceships. Emperor Aldior International Spaceport of Ylmeria is the most busy Spaceport in all the COFR, and numerous airlines fly to Ylmeria every day.

The daily time-schedule of Emperor Aldior International Spaceport:



If you land at another spaceport outside Ylmeria, you can also get yourself to the capital of the Empire on a boat:


Within the city, the most common means of transport is the metro.



Ylmeria Metro Map: (click to enlarge)



But the Tram is also very much used:






The Shalman Imperial Simlympic Committee has chosen the Ylmeria Historical Convention Center as the site for the Session. It can sit a maximum of 4,000 in the main chamber.

For your stay in Ylmeria, there is a variety of hotels to choose from, like the famous Regency Hotel Vansia (a member of the Regency Hotels and Resorts group), Ylmeria's only 6-star hotel, and also Hotel Olympic, in the former December Athlete's Village.







And some general pictures of Ylmeria:

The bid is officially up

wow that's awesome mike!!!

Nice work! The simlympic rings in front of the conference centre are a neat touch .

Thanks slacker The rings will be available for everyone to download tomorrow or the day after I also want to add the words "THE SIMLYMPICS" in front of the rings

looking fantastic mike! good luck