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Best of 2025: Visit Milwaukee reported RNC gains of over $300 million. This number does not consider lost business
Milwaukee hosted the Republican National Convention last year. City officials touted a potential economic windfall. Visit Milwaukee released a report claiming the event carried a 321-million-dollar economic impact.
But this number doesn’t include normal business that was crowded out by the RNC. Instead, it's a tally of what was spent by visitors and the cost of putting on the event.
Lake Effect’s Sam Woods looks at what’s in the report.
The skinny
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