RNC 2024 in Milwaukee: Host Committee CEO Steve King helping city get ready for big event

MILWAUKEE — A 12 months and a half to go and the leg work is simply starting for the 2024 Republican Nationwide Conference (RNC) in Milwaukee.

For Host Committee CEO Steve King, the duty is formidable however doable.

TMJ4’s Chief Political Reporter Charles Benson caught up with the longtime Republican Get together operative to speak in regards to the huge occasion.

King has had many political tasks at earlier conventions. He helped plan and arrange the 2016 conference in Cleveland.

When Republicans collect subsequent summer time for his or her nationwide political conference at Fiserv Discussion board, it will likely be King’s twelfth conference.

However this time round, King would be the CEO of the Host Committee in a state he is referred to as dwelling for greater than 40 years.

The function is extra about fundraising to pay for the conference, recruiting 2,000 volunteers, and ensuring the 1000’s of delegates and tens of 1000’s of holiday makers have a fantastic week in Milwaukee.

“We’ve a mission, the Host Committee has a mission to not solely present all of the instruments and the cash to placed on a conference however to have an financial affect total for the town of Milwaukee, County of Milwaukee and perhaps additional reaches outdoors,” mentioned King.

Republicans will maintain their huge occasion the week of July 15 with a whole lot of actions unfold out everywhere in the metropolis and metro Milwaukee space.

“We’ve an obligation per the agreements that we have signed with the town and with the RNC to just do that, to achieve to the minority group, numerous companies, in addition to the common companies,” he mentioned.

Democrats had hoped to point out off Milwaukee as a preferred vacation spot place with their 2020 nationwide conference till the pandemic hit.

King needs RNC guests to see Milwaukee’s finest and depart with a constructive impression.

“We had a fantastic expertise, the eating places had been nice, what a fantastic metropolis to go to,” King mentioned.

The Host Committee hopes to boost $60-$70 million to cowl the prices to placed on the conference and King expects to fulfill that objective.

Milwaukee will get a further $50 million in federal cash to assist cowl the excessive prices of securing the conference.

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