RNC team examines Las Vegas as convention site

LAS VEGAS -- A Republican National Committee team has paid a visit to Las Vegas to explore the logistics for staging the GOP's 2016 national convention.

The RNC technical site selection committee met Thursday with Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority chief Rossi Ralenkotter and members of the GOP team putting together the city's bid.

Former governor Bob List, a senior adviser to the Las Vegas effort, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that the team looked over the Las Vegas Convention Center, the proposed site of the 2016 convention.

Las Vegas is one of six finalists vying to host the convention. The other cities being visited by the team last week and this are Kansas City, Denver, Dallas, Cincinnati and Cleveland.

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Information from: Las Vegas Review-Journal, http://www.lvrj.com