Plastics! Daley on convention rescue mission

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ChicagoBusiness Insider on 10.30.09 at 2:22 PM | no comments
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Mayor Richard M. Daley is now personally involved in the effort to hang onto a plastics industry trade show that has called Chicago home for nearly 40 years.

He met Wednesday with representatives of the trade group that stages the confab, and tried to convince them not to move the event to Orlando, Fla.

The five-day show in June generated $95.3 million in direct spending, according to the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau. The 2006 show, held in healthier economic times, generated $154.7 million.

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