Republican Party Eyes Milwaukee As Favorite For 2024 Convention: Report

MILWAUKEE, WI — Officials from the Republican National Convention appear to favor Milwaukee over cities like Nashville and Salt Lake City in a tour with former Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday.

Unnamed officials named Milwaukee a "frontrunner" to host the 2024 Republican National Convention, Politico reported in a newsletter.

"Look who I'm with at the Fiserv Forum," Walker said in a tweet. Photos showed him with former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus and a 2024 RNC logo displayed on the overhead monitors.

The visit includes tours of venues, accommodations and the "city as a whole," travel bureau VISIT Milwaukee said in a statement. Hosting the convention could rake in nearly $200 million and bring around 45,000 visitors.

“Milwaukee is pursuing the RNC for the same reason it pursued the (Democratic National Convention),” president and CEO of VISIT Milwaukee Peggy Williams-Smith said. “To bring hundreds of millions of dollars in near- and long-term economic benefit to our restaurants, bars, hotels, shops and venues.”

The 2020 Democratic National Convention was set to take place in Milwaukee, but was toned down and eventually switched to a digital event due to the COVID-19 pandemic.