[Lnc-business] Future Convention Sites

[Alicia Mattson]

Las Vegas is one of those top-10 destination cities.  We were in Las Vegas
in 2012 but did not have the turnout we had in Orlando.

Atlanta is not one of those top-10 destination cities, but in 2004 we had
over 800 delegates there.

What really drove convention turnout this year was Donald Trump and Hillary
Clinton, not the fact that it was Orlando.

Some of those top-10 cities are VERY, VERY expensive for conventions (New
York, San Francisco).  If we didn't have Trump/Clinton to drive our
convention attendance, and we chose a very expensive destination city, we'd
lose our shirts on the convention finances.

-Alicia




On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 9:31 PM, Arvin Vohra <votevohra at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> This year's convention was an amazing success. One of the many reasons:
> the location. We picked a destination city, so people brought their spouses
> and kids. Many people bough gold packages, even when they weren't
> delegates, and routinely bought packages for their families as well.
>
> I believe that all future conventions should be in destination cities. I
> know that the common wisdom is that presidential conventions should be in
> non-destination cities, because people will go to the convention anyway.
> The argument is: don't waste good cities on presidential years.
>
> This argument is flawed. While delegates will go anywhere, they won't
> bring their families to non-destination cities.
>
> Here are some cities we should consider:
> https://www.tripadvisor.com/TravelersChoice-Destinations-cTop-g191
>
> And we should stick to the top 10.
>
> Even if we repeat cities constantly, that's fine. Most people would be
> fine going to Las Vegas or New Orleans every four years, or even every two
> years.
>
> I await your feedback, and I intend to make a motion on this in advance of
> the July meeting.
>
>
>
> --
> Arvin Vohra
>
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> VoteVohra at gmail.com
> (301) 320-3634
>
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