“Yeah, it feels great,” Mayor Mike Purzycki said with a chuckle.
He said Wilmington would never bid for a convention — the budgets and expectations are normally too big for a small city to fulfill.
But with so little of the activity in person and those attending in-person pledging not to visit bars and restaurants, this one turns out to be just right.
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“It changes the way the world will look at Wilmington forever. It’s not just a corporation city, corporations and credit cards and chemicals as it has been for years. All of a sudden there’s another dimension to it and people are looking at the city differently right now. So we’re very happy with all the attention frankly,” he said.
Purzycki does feel bad for Milwaukee.
It competed fiercely to win the convention and has reaped little of the expected benefits.
But that was likely going to happen anyway because of COVID-19 restrictions.
And Biden’s decision to stage his acceptance at the Chase Center has just been an unexpected gift to his hometown.
Sen. Kamala Harris’ acceptance speech will also at the Chase center.