Dems now estimate convention will bring 50,000, up from 35,000

[El Supremo]

Source: 9NEWS/AP

DENVER (AP) - Organizers for the Democratic National Convention say they now expect some 50,000 people to come to Denver for the event this August.

That number is more than 40 percent higher than the original estimates.

A spokeswoman for the Democratic Nationals Convention Committee says overwhelming interest in the potentially historic event has driven up the expected participation.

City officials say they are relying on convention organizers for the estimated number of participants, but they hope the increase will mean a larger economic boon for Denver and Colorado than they first anticipated. Estimates for the region's financial gain exceed $150 million....


Read more: http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=89679

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I think I'll go on vacation.
:sarcasm:

[LynneSin]

1. Personally if I had the money I would go

This economy is killing me and the only reason I'll have to skip out once again

:cry:

[Hawkeye-X]

4. And you just asked me this morning if I was local!

Denver is my home! You can camp out at my place!

:hi:

[Roxy66]

2. I wish I could go... I think it would be blast!!

[L. Coyote]

3. Now is when to sublease your Denver pad for big bucks.

[Hawkeye-X]

5. I'll be talking to my parents about giving up our place for a week

for about $5,000! The house is about 3-4 miles straight up from the Pepsi Center. This should pay off a lot of debts we carry, and we can stay at my folk's or the wife can stay a week longer (but I don't want her fired from her job) at her folks in NY

[bulloney]

6. And here's how the MSM will spin that news:

"There will be fewer home viewings of the Democratic National Convention."