<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4H8sHG_0wFC4Tei00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4H8sHG_0wFC4Tei00" width="630" height="354" ></figure>A study released by economy analytics company Tourism Economics has found that the 2024 Democratic National Convention had nearly double the expected economic impact on its host city of Chicago, and subsequently on the state of Illinois.On the report’s first page: the total economic impact of the convention was $371.4 million, supporting a total of 3,211 jobs and generating $28.7 million in local and state level tax revenue. With this, the convention has set the record for most economically beneficial political convention in US history.The Chicago Convention, as the office of Illinois Governor JB Pritzker noted, “Created 60% greater economic impact than the last in-person Democratic Convention in Philadelphia.”More than 50,000 guests from around the world attended the DNC in person this year. Their spending in and around the City of Chicago generated $84.6 million in what the report terms direct labor income.Governor Pritzker happily touted the convention’s success. “When we competed for the 2024 Democratic National Convention, our city and state leaders promised that it would be the perfect setting and a rousing success for our party, its delegates, and our nominee,” wrote Pritzker, “and we delivered. I’m incredibly proud of what we accomplished and thankful for the hard work of so many that gave us this platform to show off Chicago and Illinois to the world.“Maybe it’s time to do it again when we renominate Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in 2028.”The success hailed by Pritzker and Illinois Democrats is in contrast to the dour tone set in Wisconsin by the competing Republican National Convention in July; Oxford Economics reported for that event a total economic impact of $200 million. However the RNC also saw a perimeter around the convention center fenced off and access to businesses therein blocked for all but convention goers at the conservative event, who local business owners complained were less than forthcoming.Directly around the DNC in Chicago, the results were more mixed: the fencing went up at the United Center, but businesses directly neighboring the Democratic convention site reported varied fortunes – with many stating although DNC guests filled establishments before leaving to attend in the evenings, local customers dried up completely that week out of fear of riots.</div></body>

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Study: DNC generated record profits for Illinois

A study released by economy analytics company Tourism Economics has found that the 2024 Democratic National Convention had nearly double the expected economic impact on its host city of Chicago, and subsequently on the state of Illinois. On the report’s first page: the total economic impact of the convention was...