WEBVTT THIS IS THE KIND OF SCENE MANY IN MILWAUKEE ARE HOPING FOR THEY WAIT TO HEAR WHETHER THE CITY IS AWARDED THE 2020 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION >> I THINK OUR CHANCES ARE VERY POSITIVE. VERY STRONG. >> CITY LEADERS HAVE BEEN CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC AND THEY CONTINUE TO DISMISS THE CONCERNS OF SOME, THAT MILWAUKEE DOESN’T HAVE ENOUGH HOTEL ROOMS TO HANDLE A CONVENTION. THE DNC REPORTEDLY REQUIRED AT LEAST 15,000 ROOMS WITHIN ROUGHLY A 20-MINUTE PERIMETER OF THE CONVENTION SITE IN THIS CASE, FISERV FORUM VISIT MILWAUKEE SAYS THE CITY HAS NEARLY 18,000 IN THE METRO AREA, INCLUDING 5500 DOWNTOWN. THAT’S LOW COMPARED TO THE OTHE FINALISTS. HOUSTON WHICH HAS 80,000 ROOMS, 8,000 OF THEM DOWNTOWN. AND MIAMI BEACH, WITH OVER 55,000, 8,000 OF THEM DOWNTOWN THE 2016 HOST CITY OF PHILADELPHIA LISTS 37,000 ROOM 12,000 IN THE CENTER CITY. , STILL, MILWAUKEE WOULD APPEAR TO HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH ROOMS TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT. THOSE CLOSELY CONNECTED TO MILWAUKEE’S BID AREN’T COMMENTING PUBLICLY IN THESE FINAL DAYS BEFORE THE DECISION BUT SOURCES ECHO WHAT COUNTY EXECUTIVE CHRIS ABELE TOLD 12 NEWS MORE THAN TWO MONTHS, THA THE DNC IS LIKELY GOING OVER ITS FINAL CHECKLIS >> THEY WANT TO UNDERSTAND JUST THE CAPACITY OF THE CITY TO HANDLE IT. HOTELS, TRANSPORTATION, SAFETY, EVENTS SPACE, ALL OF WHICH, I THINK, ARE BOXES THAT WE CHECK >> THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE HOST CITY IS EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT 10 DAY TOYA: THERE A LOT OF HOTELS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AROUND THE AREA. DO THOSE COUNT TOWARD THE CITY’S APPLICATIO >> SOME DO. IF THEY’RE ALREADY GOING UP AND SCHEDULED TO OPEN SOMETIME SOON, THEN THEY ARE BEING COUNTED TOWARD THAT NUMBER. BUT MORE HOTELS AND HUNDRED MORE ROOMS COULD BE IN PLACE BY T