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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNevada Republicans formally pitch Las Vegas for 2016 convention
State Republican Party officials approached national leaders this week with a big pitch: Bring the 2016 Republican National Convention to Las Vegas.
Touting the support of Sheldon Adelson, billionaire Republican donor and owner of Las Vegas Sands, Nevada Republican Party chairman Michael McDonald planned to pitch Las Vegas as an attractive host site during a summer meeting of GOP officials in Boston this week.
Hosting the convention would require tens of millions of dollars, meaning big donors could play an outsized role if theyre willing to contribute to a citys bid to host the convention. Nevada Republican Party officials have been mulling over the complexities of this bid since April, said Dan Schwartz, finance director of the Nevada Republican Party.
...Their main competition might be Kansas, where organizers have been working on a plan for more than a year.
Groups in Kansas and Missouri are working together, and theyve established a nonprofit host committee thats coordinating the Kansas City bid, said Kathy Nugent, executive director of Kansas City 2016, the nonprofit thats fundraising to help attract the RNC to Kansas City.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/aug/16/nevada-republicans-formally-pitch-vegas-2016-conve/
Touting the support of Sheldon Adelson, billionaire Republican donor and owner of Las Vegas Sands, Nevada Republican Party chairman Michael McDonald planned to pitch Las Vegas as an attractive host site during a summer meeting of GOP officials in Boston this week.
Hosting the convention would require tens of millions of dollars, meaning big donors could play an outsized role if theyre willing to contribute to a citys bid to host the convention. Nevada Republican Party officials have been mulling over the complexities of this bid since April, said Dan Schwartz, finance director of the Nevada Republican Party.
...Their main competition might be Kansas, where organizers have been working on a plan for more than a year.
Groups in Kansas and Missouri are working together, and theyve established a nonprofit host committee thats coordinating the Kansas City bid, said Kathy Nugent, executive director of Kansas City 2016, the nonprofit thats fundraising to help attract the RNC to Kansas City.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/aug/16/nevada-republicans-formally-pitch-vegas-2016-conve/
If these are the choices, I'll take KC minus two touchdowns.
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Nevada Republicans formally pitch Las Vegas for 2016 convention (Original Post)
BeyondGeography
Aug 2013
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It makes it convenient for them to pick up the PAC checks from Sheldon Adelson. nt
TexasTowelie
Aug 2013
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bunnies
(15,859 posts)1. Vegas!
What could possibly go wrong?
TexasTowelie
(112,124 posts)2. It makes it convenient for them to pick up the PAC checks from Sheldon Adelson. nt
madamesilverspurs
(15,800 posts)3. The multiple ironies are delicious to contemplate. n/t
Boom Sound 416
(4,185 posts)6. D-lish!
msongs
(67,395 posts)4. that way the hookers won't have to make outcalls..out of state calls that is nt
Bunnahabhain
(857 posts)5. The Holy Rollers in Sin City.
I can see the allegations of "wide stance" and such coming now.
NV Whino
(20,886 posts)7. They can hold it in Yucca Mountain.
Berlum
(7,044 posts)8. Perfect place for the RepubliWankers to express their "Republican Family Values."
Ptooooey on the anti-democracy FAIL Phreak RepubliBaggers, their fascist Homeland BS, and the totalitarian "Patriot Act" they shoved down America's throat...