Chicago World’s Fair | MCU Location Scout

Ferris wheel at the Chicago World's Fair. Text: 1893, Branched Timeline, Chicago, Illinois.

The Cracker Jack concession stand is a high-traffic area.

The Chicago World’s Fair, properly known as the World’s Columbian Exposition, served as an event showcasing new technology, art, and commerce, while also celebrating the 400th Anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s discovery of the New World. It included the first Ferris Wheel, the debut of Cracker Jack snack food, and helped determine the future of electricity in a showdown between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla.

For Loki season 2, the production built a portion of the midway on the backlots at Pinewood Studios, as evidenced by the Google satellite view image below. Every other location, from Timely’s home to the Mannequin Factory in Wisconsin, all appear to have been built at or in the Studios as well.

  • Renslayer in front of wooden house. Text: 1868, Sacred Timeline, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Loki and Mobius on the Chicago Fair midway.
  • Loki and Mobius on the Chicago Fair midway in front of statues of Balder, Odin, and Thor..
  • Nighttime aerial of Chicago World's Fair.
  • Crowd gathered outside Ferris wheel at the Chicago World's Fair.
  • Behind the scenes of 1893 World's Fair.
    Behind the scenes of the 1893 World’s Fair.
  • Aerial of Chicago World's Fair set at Pinewood Studios.
    Pinewood Studios backlot circa March 2022.

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(Loki S02E03, 2023)