Day 78-80, Charlotte NC



Denver airport

 Monday was a day of travel, so I could attend a sporting conference/expo in Charlotte, NC.  The intent is to attract a sporting event to our area.  The travel time to Charlotte was amazing at just a little over 6 hours with only one stop in Denver.

The Chickens are in good hands with a friend and the 6 hours travel time gave me ample time to get ahead on my 12 pages a day in reading the bible.  We arrived in Charlotte at 9:30pm and was comfortable in my room at the Hyatt by 11pm.

The first day of the show on Tuesday, gave us time to set up our booth and schedule appointments with sporting events that were interested in coming to Oregon.   The first rounds of appointments were in the afternoon and ended around 6pm.



Charlotte Convention Center

 Today started off at 8am with a morning panel discussion on the current condition of the sporting market and tourism. The second round of appointments took place in the afternoon and we had several interesting conversations with events that could be held in Central Oregon.

Charlotte, if you haven't been here is a beautiful city.  The Convention Center where the expo is being held is a massive newer building and it is attached to NASCAR Hall of Fame.  Tomorrow's breakfast reception is going to be held at the Hall of Fame, so it should be a fun morning.   The city has some amazing architectures and beautiful buildings.  The expo has kept us very busy, so we haven't had a chance to explore much.

I was back in my room by 7pm and ready to take a nap.