My Question Today to Utah State House Majority Leader Mike Schultz: Is Utah Under-Promoted as a 'Convention Center Sites' Tourism State?

From: "John McMillan" <mcmillanj@att.net>

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Sent: Sat, Jan 20, 2024 at 10:41 PM

Subject: Is UT UnderPromoted as ConventionCenter Site State?

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g191-Activities-c60-t9-United_States.html

The above online link is to a copyrighted  online report that ranks the Salt Lake Palace in Salt Lake City, Utah, as the "23rd Most Popular Convention Center in the USA".

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/learn/conference-center-temple-square?lang=eng&y_source=1_MzA1ODU2NTYtNzE1LWxvY2F0aW9uLndlYnNpdGU%3D

https://www.visitsaltlake.com/salt-palace-convention-center/about/

https://utahvalleycc.com/

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g28965-Activities-c60-t9-Utah.html

https://www.socialtables.com/blog/event-venues/largest-convention-centers/

https://www.tw-media.com/international/top-venues-americas-most-popular-convention-centres-133323#:~:text=The%20crown%20jewel

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1068272/conventions-cities-united-states/

January 20, 2024

Dear Utah State House Majority Leader Mike Schultz,

I am very grateful to you for the December 6, 2023, reply letter you sent me in which you invited me to share with you concerns of mine about Utah.

I am concerned that the career-related and civic-group convention-meetings tourism industry here in Utah may be under-promoted at present. 

Please note the above online links to copyrighted  reports I found today through Google searches on the Internet. One of those copyrighted reports states that the Salt Lake Palace in Salt Lake City, Utah, is the "23rd Most Popular Convention Center" in the USA.

I am sure you would agree, House Majority Leader Schultz, that ranking 23rd best in the nation is not satisfactory for our state. 

I might add that none of the other online nationwide rankings of convention center complexes that I found on the Internet today  mentioned a convention center in Utah as noteworthy.

 Utah has unique strengths that should help to make us one of the most popular host states in the nation for annual convention meetings---which can also be a great asset for our state's tourism economy.

Among the major cultural strengths of Utah that should attract lots of civic groups, religious groups, political groups, professional athletes groups,  and  professional career-related groups and corporations to our state are:

----Utah has earned worldwide prestige and adoration  as a haven for snow skiing and other outdoor winter sports.

----Utah has earned worldwide acclaim for the legendary civility of LDS Members residing in Utah and the great civility of many of the non-Mormon residents of Utah. Our comparatively low crime rate in Utah has earned us nationwide and global admiration.

---Utah has earned a worldwide reputation as a noble and life-saving  haven for law-abiding and vigilant white adult persons of northern European ancestry who were victimized in another U.S. state  by abuse such as: inter-racial defiance by others of those white persons' own exclusively MONORACIAL (within their own white non-Hispanic  racial group in their own  romantic dating practices) sexual orientation,  inter-racial sexual assault, inter-racial physical abuse, inter-racial verbal harassment, inter-racial intimidation,  inter-racial stalking, inter-racial hostage-taking, inter-racial death threats, inter-racial kidnapping, inter-racial censorship,  inter-racial home invasions, and inter-racial Hate Crimes involving willful infliction of violence or willful infliction of  medically injurious and alienating continuous  and year-round noise pollution harassment  on that white non-Hispanic person of northern European ancestry.

-----Utah has also earned a worldwide reputation as a haven for law-abiding alcohol-free, tobacco-free, white adult persons of strong Mormon ancestry.

------Utah has also earned a worldwide reputation as a great haven for  law-abiding  abstainers from alcohol, law-abiding abstainers from tobacco, law-abiding abstainers from vaping products, law-abiding abstainers from marijuana, law-abiding abstainers from cocaine, law-abiding abstainers from any and all illicit drugs,  law-abiding abstainers from profane speech, law-abiding abstainers from incivility, law-abiding  abstainers from having  facial hair on their own face, law-abiding  abstainers from tattoos, law-abiding abstainers from tongue rings and nostril rings  and law-abiding  abstainers from gambling who were persecuted in other U.S. states or in a foreign nation  for their own  beliefs and accompanying  lifestyle practices.

---the "Beehive State" official nickname for Utah identifies us globally  as a bumblebee-friendly and apiarist-friendly honey-industry-hospitable state.

----Utah has a nationwide reputation for excellence in design and production of innovative and healthful bed mattresses and pillows, the best-known current example being the "Purple Mattress  Company" of  Lehi, Utah.

----Utah ranks among the top states in the USA for the  percentage of that state's residents who have ancestry in England. 

----Utah ranks among the top states in the USA for the percentage of that state's residents who are white non-Hispanic American citizens.

------Utah has maintained and continues to maintain  very strong economic and cultural ties with Canadian province of Alberta.

------Utah farmers have earned Utah the honor of being one of  the leading producers of tart cherries  in the entire USA.

-----Utah farmers have earned Utah the honor of being one of the leading producers of apricots in the entire USA.

House Majority Leader Mike Schultz, I hope this brainstorming letter is helpful to you and your colleagues in the Utah State Legislature House of Representatives 

Sincerely and Best Wishes,

John Kevin McMillan, founder of the exclusively one-member and politely non-Christian, non-proseltyzing, Progressive Prohibitionist Religion. I do not agree to having a second member in my new religion at any time in the foreseeable future.

My home address: 

535 South 200 East, Apt. 912, Ninth Floor, Salt Lake City, UT  84111. My cell phone: (512) 993-7305. My home phone: (801) 355-0850.