WATCH LIVE: Houston in bid to be host city for Republican National Convention

Houstonians will be keeping a close eye on a big announcement coming from Milwaukee Friday morning.

The Republican National Committee is holding its summer meeting and that’s where the announcement is expected to happen later this morning at 11:30 a.m.If Houston is selected, it would draw tens of thousandsThe economic impact is projected to be somewhere around $200 million.

The last time Houston hosted a political convention was 1992 at the Astrodome when George H.W. Bush was the nominee.

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