DNC 2020 Host Committee members urge wisconsin cities to work to attract convention-goers
Leaders of the Democratic National Convention’s host committee said cities other than Milwaukee should prepare events for convention-goers. Speaking Nov. 5 at a WisPolitics.com luncheon in Madison, Milwaukee 2020 honorary Finance Chair Alex Lasry noted only 17,000 of the estimated 57,000 people who will attend the convention will have access to Fiserv Forum, the arena that will serve as the DNC’s headquarters during the four days of festivities. “There’s another 40,000 people who are coming into the convention who will never go into Fiserv Forum,” said Lasry, a top Milwaukee Bucks executive. “What cities like Madison should be thinking about