| Some good and bad money news from last year's Democratic Convention. First the good news: This week a consultant said the convention injected $91 million in new spending into the local economy, with a total economic impact of nearly $164 million. City and tourism officials called the DNC the city’s largest and most lucrative convention.
But... Nearly five months since the last confetti fell at the Democratic National Convention – and two years after Charlotte won the event – the host committee still owes $10 million.
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The host committee fell millions of dollars short of the original goal of $36.6 million called for in a contract with the Democratic National Convention Committee. Organizers said that goal was subsequently lowered through various cost savings.
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The committee drew down the full $10 million line of credit guaranteed by Duke Energy Corp. Duke’s chief executive, Jim Rogers, co-chaired the committee. The line of credit comes due at the end of February. Earlier this month Rogers suggested Duke shareholders might have to eat the $10 million loan. “We’ll see how that goes,” Rogers told the Observer in mid-January. “At the end of the day we’ll do our best to get our money back. But if we don’t, it’s just a contribution we’re making, I think, for the greater good of our community.”
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