The often-overlooked city sunk millions into preparations for the DNC, but the coronavirus pandemic has meant that the economic benefits the convention would have brought have not materialized.
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This Aug. 13, 2020 photo shows the skyline of downtown Milwaukee, the location of a scaled down Democratic National Convention. About 50,000 visitors were expect to inject about $250 million into the economy of the key presidential battleground state. But now, thanks to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the convention is nearly entirely online, with all of the major speakers, including presumptive nominee Joe Biden, skipping the trip to Milwaukee.
With the state legislature poised to pass a law allowing the city’s bars to stay open until 4 a.m. during the convention, he was planning to hire more workers and expand his service. In this Aug. 13, 2020 photo, Mark Hemminger, general manager for Carnevor Steakhouse, cleans glasses in the Milwaukee restaurant in anticipation of opening during the Democratic National Convention. Restaurant co-owner Omar Shaikh, who is also chairman of the VISIT Milwaukee board, saw the international attention hosting a convention would bring as a chance for this city to show the world how it's evolved from a Rust Belt manufacturing hub to a thriving, diverse, modern city.
Anodyne Coffee was set to rent out its roasting plant and event space to the National Conference of Democratic Mayors for the entire week.
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