Delegates may bring less money The Boston Globe
Los Angeles 2000
Number of attendees: 35,581
Number of hotel rooms: 11,066
Total revenue: $147.1 million
Total cost: $42.4 million
Boston in 2004, estimate
Number of attendees: 35,000
Number of hotel rooms: 17,000
Total revenue: $150 million
Total cost: $64.5 million
Philadelphia 2000
Number of attendees: 45,000
Number of hotel rooms: 18,000
Total revenue: $100 million
Total cost: $53.4 million
New York in 2004, estimate
Number of attendees: 50,000
Number of hotel rooms: 18,000
Total revenue: $260 million
Total cost: $60 million