Looking for early holiday gift ideas? Try Syracuse Monopoly.

That’s right, the city of Syracuse is getting its own official Monopoly game. The Cooley Group, Inc., an employee-owned print and promotional products company with several offices across Upstate New York, announced this summer that it received approval from Hasbro to create a City of Syracuse, NY 1st Edition MONOPOLY Game as a fundraiser for the Food Bank of Central New York.

Monopoly, the classic board game where players buy properties, charge rent with houses and hotels, and sometimes go directly to jail without passing “Go,” has hundreds of different editions around the world. The Cooley Group successfully created a Utica version last year.

The Syracuse Monopoly game will replace original game pieces like a car, dog, and top hat with Syracuse-inspired tokens such as a Food Bank of Central New York-branded truck and a custom car celebrating the 20th anniversary of Syracuse Nationals. And all of the properties, Community Chest and Chance cards are replaced with Syracuse locations, businesses or references.

So could SU’s Otto the Orange be a gamepiece? Could the Carrier Dome or the upside down traffic light on Tipperary Hill be a property for sale? And what’s Syracuse’s version of Boardwalk and Park Place, the two most expensive properties on the Monopoly board?

Details of the game are being kept a surprise until its release in November, but the Cooley Group says its sponsors are all represented on the game in some way or another. Sponsors include Beak & Skiff, Brooklyn Pickle, Coleman’s Pub, Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, Driver’s Village, Harrison Bakery, The Gem diner, the MOST, the New York State Fair, Pastabilities, Syracuse University, Varsity Pizza and Wegmans.

“If I wasn’t for them, this project wouldn’t be able to exist. They really need to be acknowledged for their contributions,” Cooley brand consultant Jeana Nicotera told syracuse.com | The Post-Standard.

Nicotera and her colleague Karie Ballway did spill one secret, though: The Marriott Syracuse Downtown (formerly Hotel Syracuse) will be our Boardwalk, and the Syracuse Crunch hockey team will be Park Place.

“Getting Hasbro to approve this city is a pretty big deal,” Ballway added. "We did a Utica board last year, and people can see the Utica one at the Fair so people can see this is a legit, quality board from Hasbro.”

The Syracuse Monopoly game can be pre-ordered online at www.syracusemonopoly.com for $49.99; shipping is an additional $14.99, but customers can get free shipping if they pick up their orders at Wegmans locations in Fairmount (3325 West Genesee Street), DeWitt (6789 East Genesee Street) or Liverpool-John Glenn (7519 Oswego Road). Local pickups will be available on Nov. 15, 16, 22, and 23.

The Syracuse Monopoly game, recommended for ages 8 and up, will also be on sale in November and December in local retailers like Wegmans, but Cooley is encouraging pre-orders now to ensure customers can get the game before the holidays. According to NewsChannel 9, Utica’s version sold out of its first 5,000 copies quickly last year and Cooley put in a rush order for 3,000 more before Christmas.

Cooley will also accept pre-orders at the New York State Fair on Friday, Aug. 23 at Chevy Court on “Bridge Street"; Saturday, Aug. 24 at a booth in the Expo Center from 9-6 p.m.; Friday, Aug. 30 outside the Science and Industry building; and Saturday, Aug. 31 at a booth in the Expo Center from 9-6 p.m. A prototype of the game box will be on display at the NYS Fair, along with the Utica edition of the game.

Proceeds from sales go to benefit the Food Bank of Central New York, which has been helping to feed the hungry since 1985 and is the main food supplier to 280 emergency food programs in Central and Northern New York. During their last fiscal year the Food Bank distributed more than 15 million pounds of food.