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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts) Tue Aug 28, 2012, 04:36 PM Aug 2012

HOw sparse are the crowds at the Convention? anyone know?

Would love to see a pic of the convention floor..
(no tv here)

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HOw sparse are the crowds at the Convention? anyone know? (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 OP

Inside the convention, I don't know. HooptieWagon Aug 2012 #1

Not likely to have a large afternoon crowd... brooklynite Aug 2012 #2

Business report from near convention. HooptieWagon Aug 2012 #3

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)

1. Inside the convention, I don't know.

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Tue Aug 28, 2012, 04:41 PM

Aug 2012

Protestor numbers are way below expectations... weather-related, I heard. Party crowd in Ybor City is large. Crowds in Davis Islands business district, near the convention, has been better than expected.

brooklynite

(94,520 posts)

2. Not likely to have a large afternoon crowd...

Reply to HooptieWagon (Reply #1)

Tue Aug 28, 2012, 04:46 PM

Aug 2012

...they're out shopping or at Parties, and will be in around 7 PM

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)

3. Business report from near convention.

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Wed Aug 29, 2012, 03:06 AM

Aug 2012

Spent the evening at a bar own by friends that is located a little outside downtown Tampa. They said Monday (when activities were cancelled) they and other nearby bar/resturants did a booming business. Today was pretty dead, even a lot of locals stayed away. Places inside the convention area downtown did even worse.

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