[Lnc-business] Future Convention Sites

[Arvin Vohra]

Please note that Las Vegas was done off the strip, which was insane. -Arvin
On Jun 2, 2016 1:28 AM, "Alicia Mattson" <agmattson at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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>>
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