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Philadelphia Enjoys Profits From GOP Convention Despite Protesters

Aired August 6, 2000 - 8:12 a.m. ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: In Philadelphia, the cleanup continues of the ticker tape and the pop balloons as Republican convention delegates straggle back home and businesses are busy counting their profits from thousands of convention visitors and some media crews, too.

So says CNN's Pat Neal. City leaders are generally pleased with how the whole thing went but some problems remain.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

PAT NEAL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Philadelphia's in its last phase as convention host city, helping 45,000 visitors go home.

UNIDENTIFIED VISITOR: The city put on a great convention.

NEAL: Philadelphia shelled out $15 million to $20 million to host the convention. What it profited from hotels, meals, tours and transportation hasn't been totaled yet, but the city is so pleased with how the convention came off, the mayor's hoping to draw another.

MAYOR JOHN STREET, PHILADELPHIA: We are very, very interested in getting to this city the next available convention, whether or not it's the Democrats or the Republicans.

NEAL: Philadelphia has one lingering problem, protesters. The latest handful was arrested late Friday after refusing to leave city hall.

UNIDENTIFIED PUBLIC OFFICIAL: They were arrested for being inside a public building after it's closed, which is trespassing.

NEAL: They were protesting the arrests and high bonds for some of the estimated 400 people who were taken into custody earlier this week. One charged with only misdemeanors has his bond set at $1 million.

UNIDENTIFIED PROTEST SUPPORTER: It appears there's a kind of a deliberate attempt to take a lot of people who were trying to do non- violent protest, pull them off the street so that they wouldn't get the attention of cameras nationally.

NEAL: Most of the arrests happened Tuesday during sporadic protests in the city. Police and prosecutors say those with high bails are masterminds of the protests that were planned to wreak havoc during the convention. Some Philadelphians were concerned about how the police would respond to protesters after the highly publicized videotaping of police handling a carjacking suspect last month.

UNIDENTIFIED OFFICIAL: We were really worried about that and we think our police department showed great restraint.

NEAL (on camera): The city feels its image was enhanced by the convention running smoothly and despite some protests, is counting on visitors who are leaving now to come back again.

Pat Neal, CNN, Philadelphia.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

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