MILWAUKEE (AP) — Downtown Milwaukee turned red last week as thousands of Republican National Convention delegates and other party stalwarts gathered in
FILE - People walk past the Fiserv Forum ahead of the 2024 Republican National Convention, Thursday, July 11, 2024, in Milwaukee. The convention ended Friday, July 19, and was projected to bring in millions of economic impact dollars to Milwaukee.
But tallying up the economic impact on Milwaukee will take months and complaints have been piling up, including over blocked streets and storefronts, disappointing restaurant bookings and the use of out-of-town officers to police the city. But after talking to friends who own restaurants and were “pretty disappointed” by business during the convention, she said she isn’t confident the city benefitted much from hosting the GOP’s big event.
Ragan said she could do without the traffic headaches. But Schmitt, an urban farmer, said he sees positives.
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