--- title: Republican National Committee: Cleveland or Dallas to Host Convention description: The RNC is one step closer to choosing which city will host its 2016 convention canonical: https://time.com/2923861/2016-republican-convention-dallas-cleveland/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-25T20:56:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:47:47.045Z article:section: Politics og:title: Republican National Committee: Cleveland or Dallas to Host Convention og:description: The RNC is one step closer to choosing which city will host its 2016 convention og:url: https://time.com/2923861/2016-republican-convention-dallas-cleveland/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Republican National Committee: Cleveland or Dallas to Host Convention twitter:description: The RNC is one step closer to choosing which city will host its 2016 convention twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Dallas and Cleveland Are Finalists to Host 2016 GOP Convention > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Jun 25, 2014 8:56 PM UTC by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Jun 25, 2014 8:56 PM UTC The Republican National Committee narrowed the list of cities it’s eyeing to host its 2016 convention to two on Wednesday: Cleveland and Dallas. “After visiting both cities, I can say to my fellow Republicans that we should be excited for the 2016 convention,” said Enid Mickelsen, who chair’s the RNC’s Site Selection Committee. “These world class cities know how to roll out the welcome mat, and more importantly they have the ability to provide our next presidential nominee a launching pad that will put a Republican in the White House in 2016.” National political conventions bring attention and money to the host city—and the bidding process can get competitive. In January, city leaders [wooed ](http://swampland.time.com/2014/01/23/republicans-wooed-with-bbq-trucker-hats-ice-cream-as-search-begins-for-2016-convention-city/)RNC officials with BBQ, music and booze in an effort to get selected. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2923861/2016-republican-convention-dallas-cleveland/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2923861/2016-republican-convention-dallas-cleveland/"},"headline":"Dallas and Cleveland Are Finalists to Host 2016 GOP Convention","datePublished":"2014-06-25T20:56:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:47:47.045Z","description":"The RNC is one step closer to choosing which city will host its 2016 convention","url":"https://time.com/2923861/2016-republican-convention-dallas-cleveland/","keywords":["2016 Election","republicans","2016 Election","Republican National Committee"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2923861/2016-republican-convention-dallas-cleveland/","name":"Dallas and Cleveland Are Finalists to Host 2016 GOP Convention"}}]}] ```