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TexasTowelie

(111,312 posts)
Tue Apr 15, 2014, 04:48 PM Apr 2014

GOP officials to visit Dallas in late April to take closer look at 2016 RNC bid

GOP officials will soon get their first boots-on-the-ground look at Dallas’ bid for the 2016 Republican National Convention.

A small delegation of Republican National Committee staff and advisers will travel to Dallas on April 24 for a so-called “technical site visit.” The team will conduct similar visits with Dallas’ competition — Denver, Las Vegas, Kansas City, Cincinnati and Cleveland — over the next couple weeks.

The trips will allow the GOP take a closer, in-person look at each city’s financing, venues, workspace and hotels. And the preliminary inspection will determine which cities will receive an official visit this summer from the full GOP convention site selection team.

“There are no favorites. There are no underdogs,” said Enid Mickelsen, who chairs the GOP’s site selection committee. “The technical visits will help aid the committee in their decision making process as we narrow the field.”

More at http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2014/04/gop-officials-to-visit-dallas-in-late-april-to-take-closer-look-at-2016-rnc-bid.html/ .

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GOP officials to visit Dallas in late April to take closer look at 2016 RNC bid (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 2014 OP
Nice work, if you can get it PumpkinAle Apr 2014 #1
They'll only come to Texas if PDittie Apr 2014 #2
There's been a growing tendency to hold conventions in swing states Rstrstx Apr 2014 #3

PumpkinAle

(1,210 posts)
1. Nice work, if you can get it
Tue Apr 15, 2014, 05:04 PM
Apr 2014

I would have thought Las Vegas, aka Adelson City, would be favorite. That way they don't have to travel too far on their knees to kiss his hand and get their money.

PDittie

(8,322 posts)
2. They'll only come to Texas if
Tue Apr 15, 2014, 07:26 PM
Apr 2014

Wendy Davis is elected governor (which, as of today's PPP poll, doesn't look likely)

Rstrstx

(1,393 posts)
3. There's been a growing tendency to hold conventions in swing states
Fri Apr 18, 2014, 12:47 AM
Apr 2014

I'd be very surprised if Dallas got it in 2016, maybe they should bid for 2024.

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