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2016 Postmortem

MineralMan

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4. Looks like lots of good reasons.

Reply to alcibiades_mystery (Reply #3)

Sat Sep 24, 2016, 02:12 PM

Sep 2016

Both candidates live in New York.
Media is based in New York.
They held a debate there in 2012.
The University was willing to host it.
Easy to travel to from JFK Airport
Fairly easy to secure, since it's on Long Island.
The original location cancelled due to high cost of security and disruption.

I think that's it. Not everyone wants an event like a presidential debate to come to town. Truly.

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What's so attractive about Hofstra for presidential debates? [View all] LAS14 Sep 2016 OP

No idea, really. MineralMan Sep 2016 #1

Security and cost frazzled Sep 2016 #2

Easy and cheap to get there alcibiades_mystery Sep 2016 #3

Looks like lots of good reasons. MineralMan Sep 2016 #4

They were able to host last minute after security concerns at the fist choice disqualified it.... bettyellen Sep 2016 #5