How much will hosting the 2020 RNC help Charlotte?

[JMKeynes]

I think that this will be huge. Right now Atlanta and Nashville seem to be the Southern cities that are most in the limelight. The RNC can really change this.

Atlanta has no advantages over Charlotte. It’s basically an identical city on a larger scale. Charlotte can easily catch up to it.

What do you think about the advantages that this convention (and, more importantly, being in the limelight) will bring?

[Trae]

Blip on the radar

[the urban politician]

Won't do diddly shit

[mhays]

It'll give it big city legitimacy (attention-wise). Charlotte has a pretty small profile, at least in my mind. The NFL started to address that. Banks have been an identity but that's diminished. It'll also give people (at least the people who watch this sort of thing) an idea about specific places and buildings they don't know about yet. Skyline shots will do wonders...Charlotte's tallest in particular is one of the best.

This is very different from Cleveland, which already had a sizable profile but needed that profile to be repaired. That repair won't be quick but it was a good boost.

[xzmattzx]

It will help the economy for sure, but it's not going to be some earth-shattering event. What did the RNC and DNC do in 2016? Where was the RNC in 2004? Where was the DNC in 2012?

There are lots of similar events like this: the MLB All-Star Game, the NBA All-Star Game, the NCAA Final Four, the Super Bowl, and more. Few, or even none, of these events catapulted a city to the next level.

[Sun Belt]

Char-Lanta!

[Buckeye Native 001]

Originally Posted by mhays

This is very different from Cleveland, which already had a sizable profile but needed that profile to be repaired. That repair won't be quick but it was a good boost.

I'm kind of gobsmacked that, between the RNC and the Cavs winning a title, Cleveland still exists...

[Pedestrian]

Originally Posted by Trae

Blip on the radar

Agreed. "Hospitality" businesses may have some incremental earnings and citizens will be inconvenienced some but it will pass and be over before you know it . . . UNLESS anti-Trump hostility creates something like Chicago 1968 and I wouldn't rule that out entirely. This will be Trump's renomination so far as anyone knows right now. Perfect oportunity for Antifa and all the rest to get more publicity and air time than they've ever dreamed of.

[Obadno]

Originally Posted by JMKeynes

I think that this will be huge. Right now Atlanta and Nashville seem to be the Southern cities that are most in the limelight. The RNC can really change this.

Atlanta has no advantages over Charlotte. It’s basically an identical city on a larger scale. Charlotte can easily catch up to it.

What do you think about the advantages that this convention (and, more importantly, being in the limelight) will bring?

As a Phoenix resident that gets a whole bunch of major events like Final Fours, NCAA football championships, super bowls, other major college bowls, Spring Training, Largest golf tournament in the PGA circuit etc etc.

Its great, especially for basic consumer spending economics (hotels, cabs, retail & Restaurants etc.) But doe major events "change" things for a city? No just nice big cash injections.

[Don't Be That Guy]

I don't know about the impacts on the city, but male escorts should fare well

Frankly, I'm surprised that any city would want the 2020 RNC. It's going to be a security nightmare unless something changes in the next year-and-a-half.

[BrownTown]

Originally Posted by Pedestrian

Agreed. "Hospitality" businesses may have some incremental earnings and citizens will be inconvenienced some but it will pass and be over before you know it . . . UNLESS anti-Trump hostility creates something like Chicago 1968 and I wouldn't rule that out entirely. This will be Trump's renomination so far as anyone knows right now. Perfect oportunity for Antifa and all the rest to get more publicity and air time than they've ever dreamed of.

Eh, betting markets still see at as 50:50 is Trump will get renominated. He still has to go another 2 years without getting impeached first.

[Reverberation]

What city hosted the 2016 Republican Convention. I know I could look it up. Was it Cleveland? I could just google it but that would be cheating. My point is the only party conventions that people remember are the ones with lots of looting and rioting outside. Lots of trouble for short term attention.

[jd3189]

Originally Posted by Don't Be That Guy

I don't know about the impacts on the city, but male escorts should fare well

Yooo, and these are the same white old men who want to do away with gay marriage?


The hypocrisy is real yo.


But anyways, what's a convention going to do for Charlotte or any city for that matter? I think the Olympics and maybe another event are the only ones that could change a city completely and even that's a stretch.

[LouisianaRush]

Originally Posted by JMKeynes

Atlanta has no advantages over Charlotte. It’s basically an identical city on a larger scale. Charlotte can easily catch up to it.

I'm not the biggest fan of Atlanta, but it does have many built in advantages Charlotte does not have.

1. State capital of a large state
2. Head of a Federal Reserve District
3. Several prestigious universities
4. Largest airport in the world
5. Major rail hub in the south east

Hosting the RNC or any sporting event is not what makes a great city. My home town of New Orleans has hosted many major events and it has done little to crate an economic revival.

[tdawg]

Yeah that Atlanta ding made no sense. Universities like Georgia Tech, Emory and Georgia State are driving a lot of the growth in Atlanta and Charlotte is home to no prestigious universities or colleges that come to mind. Not to mention that Atlanta has nearly 50 miles of heavy rail subway with 38 stations and Charlotte has a 1 line LRT. Atlanta hosted the Democratic convention years ago and I can't really remember much coming out of it other than a Rob Lowe sex tape.

[NiHao]

Originally Posted by jd3189

Yooo, and these are the same white old men who want to do away with gay marriage?


The hypocrisy is real yo.


But antways, what's a convention going to do for Charlotte or any city for that matter? I think the Olympics and maybe another event are the only ones that could change a city completely and even that's a stretch.

Yeah well that’s the repubs these days. “Rules for you, none for me”

[Ant131531]

Originally Posted by LouisianaRush

I'm not the biggest fan of Atlanta, but it does have many built in advantages Charlotte does not have.

1. State capital of a large state
2. Head of a Federal Reserve District
3. Several prestigious universities
4. Largest airport in the world
5. Major rail hub in the south east

Hosting the RNC or any sporting event is not what makes a great city. My home town of New Orleans has hosted many major events and it has done little to crate an economic revival.

Originally Posted by tdawg

Yeah that Atlanta ding made no sense. Universities like Georgia Tech, Emory and Georgia State are driving a lot of the growth in Atlanta and Charlotte is home to no prestigious universities or colleges that come to mind. Not to mention that Atlanta has nearly 50 miles of heavy rail subway with 38 stations and Charlotte has a 1 line LRT. Atlanta hosted the Democratic convention years ago and I can't really remember much coming out of it other than a Rob Lowe sex tape.

That and it also has a location advantage over Charlotte. Atlanta's location allows it to access any region of the Eastern half of the U.S. without running into any mountains which is why it became a major rail hub in the first place.

For trucks and trains to get to cities west of Charlotte, they would have to go around the Apps so basically they would have to go through Atlanta. It just made more sense for Atlanta to become the logistics hub of the southeast and all of the businesses and jobs that come along with that.

[Trae]

Originally Posted by NiHao

Yeah well that’s the repubs these days. “Rules for you, none for me”

Please... that's what they all say. It's ridiculous. There's no difference except artificially on the surface.

Originally Posted by Pedestrian

Agreed. "Hospitality" businesses may have some incremental earnings and citizens will be inconvenienced some but it will pass and be over before you know it . . . UNLESS anti-Trump hostility creates something like Chicago 1968 and I wouldn't rule that out entirely. This will be Trump's renomination so far as anyone knows right now. Perfect oportunity for Antifa and all the rest to get more publicity and air time than they've ever dreamed of.

Yeah that's the only way I could see anyone remembering this upcoming RNC... if Antifa/far-leftist cause riots. Let's hope it all remains calm

[Vlajos]

Nothing but bad publicity.

[Trae]

Originally Posted by NiHao

That’s some nice false equivalency you have there. But this isn’t the forum for it.

No it's really not and you can check my post history to see my political leanings on this site. Could care less for Trump but the hypocrisy coming from both sides (really the Left being exposed as we already knew how the Right was) were made widely apparent in the 2016 election. Mainstream media (CNN, FOX, MSNBC, WaPo, HuffPo, etc.) completely flip on issues depending on who is in office. It should be obvious to everyone but unfortunately isn't.