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Re: Free Haircuts Can’t Dampen Denver’s Convention Chances

Dan Slater — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:35:49 -0000

Hotel Rooms Leslie -

FYI - the hotel rooms number quoted in the NYT article is inaccurate. Denver has a lot more hotel rooms than 19,000 -- 19,000 is the number of rooms that have actually been committed formally by hoteliers to the bid. That's a key difference. Another key point missing from the NYT article was that the DNC bid only required 17,000 committed rooms, so hotel rooms is really not a problem with Denver's bid.

Re: Free Haircuts Can’t Dampen Denver’s Convention Chances

Leslie Robinson — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 06:48:07 -0000

An Afterthought... ....that's going to get me in trouble with the Denver-based 2008 Convention Committee.

If the mayor of NYC, which is in the "Center of the Universe" when it comes to corporate headquarters, rich folks and special interest groups, is having problems raising $85-$100 million needed to host a national convention, it makes one wonder how the fundraising is going in Denver? That's a hell of a lot of money to shake out of wallet.