Reply #2: Denver as the Convention site

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Denver hosted the Pope in 1993 and 250,000 kids from around the world and it went off without a hitch. Not even one drunken incident or one fight. I know, there were seven of us responsible for putting it on and I was one of the seven. Denver also hosted the World Summit when Clinton was President, with all the World leaders here, plus their staff, handlers, national and international media, thousands were here, and that went off without a hitch. So the "can Denver handle something like this" doesn't hold water. Eighty million to put this on is peanuts compared to World Youth Day when the Pope and President and people from around the world were here, that was well over 300 million in cash and another 300 million for in-kind services. I don't know why they are putting this kind of swill and excuses out but it would not be a problem for Denver.