St.
Louis
2012
Convention
Host
Committee
Fact
Sheet,
July
2010
General
• The
Democratic
National
Committee
has
named
St.
Louis
one
of
four
finalists
for
the
Convention
on
30
June
2010.
Site
visits
to
all
finalist
cities
will
take
place
during
the
summer.
• St.
Louis'
world‐class
convention
facilities,
central
location,
38,000+
hotel
rooms,
strong
transportation
infrastructure,
numerous
civic
amenities
and
unified
regional
support
make
us
a
strong
contender
for
2012.
• To
prepare
the
bid,
St.
Louis
Mayor
Francis
Slay
asked
Kitty
Ratcliffe,
president
of
the
St.
Louis
Convention
and
Visitors
Commission,
and
Brian
Wahby,
chairman
of
the
St.
Louis
City
Democratic
Party
and
Missouri’s
At‐Large
DNC
member
to
organize
the
St.
Louis
2012
Convention
Host
Committee.
• The
Host
Committee
includes
more
than
100
leaders
from
throughout
Missouri
and
Illinois
committed
to
bringing
the
Convention
to
St.
Louis.
It
is
led
by
Mayor
Slay,
St.
Louis
County
Executive
Charlie
Dooley,
Missouri
Governor
Jay
Nixon,
Illinois
Governor
Pat
Quinn,
U.S.
Senator
Claire
McCaskill
(MO),
US.
Senator
Dick
Durbin
(IL),
U.S.
Senator
Roland
Burris
(IL),
and
U.S.
Congressmen
Russ
Carnahan
(D‐MO),
William
Clay
(D‐MO),
and
Jerry
Costello
(D‐IL).
The
Committee
also
includes
St.
Charles
Mayor
Patricia
York
(R),
Twitter
and
Square
founder
Jack
Dorsey,
Urban
League
President
James
Buford,
SEIU
Vice
President
Nancy
Cross,
Monsanto
CEO
Hugh
Grant,
Washington
University
Chancellor
Mark
S.
Wrighton,
St.
Louis
Cardinals
President
Bill
DeWitt
III,
St.
Louis
Post
Dispatch
Publisher
Kevin
Mowbray,
and
St. Louis Business Journal
Publisher Ellen Sherberg.
• The
St.
Louis
bid
also
enjoys
the
support
of
the
entire
Missouri
and
Illinois
Democratic
congressional
delegations.
• The
2012
DNC
is
an
opportunity
to
build
on
St.
Louis’
success
in
hosting
major
national
events,
including
the
2009
MLB
All-Star
Game
and
2010
men’s
Final
Four
Midwest
Regional
and
the
1999
Papal
visit
that
drew
more
than
100,000
people
to
St.
Louis,
at
that
time
the
largest
indoor
assembly
in
American
history.
Even
that
historic
record
would
be
shattered
by
the
crowd
drawn
to
the
Gateway
Arch
in
October
2008
to
hear
candidate
Barack
Obama.
In
2007,
a
record
attendance
was
set
in
St.
Louis
for
the
Annual
Convention
of
the
National
Rifle
Association,
which
has
re-booked
St.
Louis
for
2012
based
on
their
success.
• The
last
national
political
convention
in
St.
Louis
was
the
1916
Democratic
Convention,
which
nominated
Woodrow
Wilson
for
a
second
term.
Including
1916,
St.
Louis
has
hosted
5
national
party
conventions,
4
Democratic
and
1
Republican.
2012
Host
Committee
Goals
• Produce
a
winning
bid
for
the
entire
Missouri/Illinois
St.
Louis
region.
• Generate
a
significant
economic
return
to
the
region.
• Create
an
event
that
showcases
St.
Louis’
unique
attributes
as
a
family-friendly
metropolis
in
the
American
heartland.
• Encourage
civic
engagement
by
providing
diverse
opportunities
for
public
participation.
• Emphasize
inclusiveness
by
reaching
out
to
diverse
communities
and
businesses,
with
a
specific
focus
on
involvement
and
outreach
to
minority,
women,
disadvantaged
and
disabled
communities.
• Showcase
St.
Louis’
commitment
to
a
sustainable,
clean
environment
by
hosting
a
green
Convention.
Economic
Impact
• The
CVC
has
secured
more
than
15,000
hotel
rooms
(from
the
region’s
38,000+)
to
house
the
delegates,
guests,
staff,
media,
etc.
The
2012
Host
Committee
estimates
the
need
for
77,000
total
hotel
room
nights
for
the
Convention.
• St.
Louis
can
expect
an
overall
impact
similar
to
Denver’s
experience
hosting
the
2008
Democratic
National
Convention,
though
our
location
in
the
center
of
the
country,
along
with
President
Obama’s
incumbency,
may
generate
greater
numbers
for
St.
Louis.
• The
2008
Convention
generated
a
$266
million
regional
economic
benefit
to
Metro
Denver,
of
which
$153
million
occurred
within
the
City
and
County
of
Denver.
• The
Denver
2008
Host
Committee
was
responsible
for
raising
a
minimum
of
$51
million
in
cash
and
in-‐kind
donations
to
fund
the
Convention
activities.
• Approximately
80%
of
the
funds
were
raised
outside
of
the
Denver
metropolitan
area.
• The
Convention
attracted
50,000
people
to
Denver,
including
6,000
delegates,
18,000
national
and
international
media,
and
26,000
dignitaries,
delegate
family
members,
and
other
guests.
• The
City
and
County
of
Denver
hosted
more
than
120,000
people
at
community
events
in
more
than
17
locations.