Raleigh’s conference center has lost $2.4m of bookings and big names in music are staying absent from the state despite the governor’s attempt to backpedalSince North Carolina’s anti-LGBT so-called “bathroom bill” was signed into law,the Greater Raleigh conference Center has lost six firm bookings worth an estimated $2.4m, according to its president and CEO, or Denny Edwards. Another 16 bookings worth an estimated $44m are also in jeopardy.“There’s going to be some long-term effect,” said Edwards, “and there’s a concern within North Carolina about the greater impact and how much damage this is doing to the wider economy. For Raleigh’s conference trade, or he says,“it’s really causing chaos.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com