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Originally Posted by rhettyeakley
55,000,000 people live within 500 miles of Vegas.
50,000,000 live within 500 miles of Dallas (about the same for L.A.)
**For comparison Chicago has 85,000,000 that live within 500 miles**
We aren't talking about moving it there every year, just throwing a bone to those populations that aren't served by the same venues year after year.
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Continuing on . . .
Atlantic City has 94,000,000 people within 500 miles
Cleveland has 130,000,000 people within 500 miles
Other considerations aside, the National location population numbers speak for themselves.
"If you build it they will come." Maybe.
But if you build it where they are, well, they're already there.
What successful business would say "Hey, let's forgo one of our current locations for one that has less than two thirds of the population?
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