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Jan. 23, 2014 - Denver hosted
the successful 2008 Democratic National Convention and the Denver 2016
Convention Host Committee would like to build on that experience.
The idea of launching a Denver bid traces back to the RNC
Summer meeting in Boston, and the Committee held its kickoff event just
last week. Former Congressman Bob Beauprez is chairman and Angela
Lieurance, former chief of state at Univeristy of Colorado Health, is
running it day to day. Ryan Call, chairman of the Colorado
Republican Party, noted there are
9,300 hotel rooms within walking distance of Pepsi Center and the
Convention Center. He said that a new light rail from the airport
to Union Station is scheduled to begin operation in Jan. 2016, and
that, in terms of financing, Republicans are able engage some sectors
of the business community that
the Democrats had less success with. "The most important lesson
[from the Democrats' 2008 convention] is no Greek columns," Call
joked. |
The Denver 2016 Convention Host
Committee put together 250 gift bags containing: Enstrom almond toffees
(milk chocolate and dark chocolate), frozen margarita in a pouch from
Coyote Gold in Fort Collins, a bottle of Coors Banquet, a bottle of
Coors Light, a can of Colorado Native lager (a craft brew from Coors
available only in Colorado), a Colorado Rockies T-shirt and hat, a
T-shirt with the Denver Broncos mascot Thunder, a Denver pin, and some
literature. ed. note Jan. 30: Also helping out with the Denver effort at the RNC's Washington, DC meeting was Cathy Nugent. As reported by Kansas City Business Journal on Jan. 28, Nugent was a key figure in development of Kansas City's efforts but left due to a contract disagreement. |
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