From Staff Reports 

Asheville has captured a spot on Monopoly, the world’s bestselling board game.

The city was voted into the Here & Now U.S. Edition of Monopoly, making it one of the 20 cities in the country to be featured as a property on the board game that will be coming out this fall.

Charlotte, another North Carolina city, also made the board.

Hasbro, the company that makes Monopoly, teamed up with the social news and entertainment company Buzzfeed to ask fans to write in and vote on the cities they would like to see featured on the game.

The online voting campaign ended March 4, with more than 4 million votes cast in 182 countries.

The two cities that received the most votes got the coveted dark blue spaces, traditionally reserved for the high-priced Boardwalk and Park Place. Asheville’s space will be orange, along with Cleveland and Denver.

“Inviting our fans to get involved in the creation of the newest Monopoly game was a great way to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the brand,” Jonathan Berkowitz, vice president of global marketing for gaming at Hasbro, said in a statement.

“It was amazing to see both fans and local organizations around the world rally behind their cities, and we were wowed by the overwhelming pride people displayed during the Hear & Now vote.”

The announcement comes as part of a celebration of Monopoly’s 80th birthday.

The American cities that will appear in the Monopoly Here & Now U.S. Edition, as organized by their spaces, are:

• Dark Blue — Pierre, S.D.; Minneapolis.

• Green — New York; Virginia Beach, Va., Los Angeles.

• Yellow — Chicago, Indianapolis, Charleston, S.C.

• Red — Detroit, Boston, Milwaukee.

• Orange — Cleveland, Asheville, Denver.

• Magenta — Atlanta, Little Rock, Ark., Seattle.

• Light Blue — Portsmouth, N.H., Charlotte, Dallas.

• Brown — Waconia, Minn., Chesapeake, Va.