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The 2016 Republican National Convention, in which delegates of the United States Republican Party will choose the party's nominees for President of the United States and Vice President of the United States in the 2016 national election, is expected to be held in June or July 2016. Such a date would make this convention the earliest scheduled major-party convention since 1948.[3]
The Convention is to be held at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.[1] This will mark the third time Cleveland has hosted this event, and the first since 1936.[4]
Cleveland was selected by the Republican National Committee (RNC) on July 8, 2014 as the host city for the party's 2016 Convention, pending ratification by the full RNC.[5] RNC Chairman Reince Priebus said the convention would begin either June 28 or July 18 of 2016.[5]
On August 8, 2014, members of the RNC officially approved Cleveland as the host city for the party's 2016 Convention, by a unanimous vote.[1]
The cities listed in Bold are those in which interest for bidding on hosting the convention was expressed.
On June 25, 2014, the Republican National Committee announced that Denver and Kansas City had been eliminated, thus narrowing down possible host cities for the 2016 convention to the following two:[6]
On May 22, 2014, both Las Vegas and Cincinnati withdrew from consideration for hosting the convention, leaving only the following four cities in contention:[7]
On April 2, 2014, the Republican National Committee announced that Phoenix and Columbus have been eliminated from consideration and that the following six cities are the remaining finalists for hosting the convention.[8]
On February 27, 2014, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus announced that the following cities were finalists to host the convention:[9]
The following cities had been invited to submit a bid, but did not make the initial cut:[15]
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