Denver7’s Blair Miller reports:
Though the city had reportedly been one of the finalists to host the 2020 Democratic National Convention, the group that submitted the bid for Denver has withdrawn from consideration because of a scheduling conflict.
Amber Miller, a spokesperson for the Denver mayor’s office, confirmed the bid had been withdrawn and said the convention center and Visit Denver had “events set in stone which could not be moved.” She could not point directly to which events were scheduled that couldn’t be moved…
Miller said the Democratic National Committee approached the mayor’s office to ask if the city would be interested in bidding for the 2020 convention after hosting it in 2008, which the city said was a success. She said the DNC said its dates for the convention were negotiable when they approached the mayor’s office.
It was reported yesterday that Denver was on a short list of potential cities to be awarded the Democratic National Convention in 2020, but this new announcement would seem to put the matter to rest. Local Democrats were excited about the possibility of another convention so soon after the 2008 DNC in Denver, but we can think of plenty of reasons why the Democrats would choose another–not least the fact that the state has only become bluer in the intervening decade.
Just the same, we’ll be curious to learn what was important enough to bump an event on the order of the DNC.
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Hmm, I though for sure legal weed would attract Democrats like flies.
Still have a reading comprehension problem, eh Nutlid? We turned them down.
We have the best economy in the nation, so that means the DNC can choose a blighted city in a red state that needs the economic boost after suffering the moronic GOP reverse-Robin Hood policies.
Nutlid, the stupid Nazi.
Like Texas? Have you been to Dallas, Houston lately? So blighted!
Oh, you mean the thriving Blue cities in Texas?
You want blight? Let's do it in Chicago! Republicans really plundered the place.
I'd say the DNC should consider some place in Kansas. Republicans really plundered that state.
He's ashamed of the disaster the Kansas economy has suffered under GOP (actually Koch) control.
The Denver Post has a little more info:
The article goes further to say that when Denver initially submitted the bid, they were expecting the DNC date to be in August. June/July are the busiest months for Denver conventions. We don't have Vegas-class hotel rooms yet.
(my wife is hosting a sold out conference next month in Denver and is scrambling to get all the rooms she needs despite extensive pre-planning)
The DNC should have provided the dates when it asked for bids.
Maybe everyone just assumed based on history:
I saw the announcement only last week that they were moving up the date to mid-July