With high room occupancy levels at the host convention hotel ... no matter where the convention is held ... assures the club of bargaining power for following conventions.

If the majority of convention-goers stayed someplace else while attending the convention at the Riviera, you can bet that the club would be hard pressed to be offered convention space in the city in future years down the road. Our room occupancy rate each year is our bargaining chip for convention facilities ... whether at the Riv or someplace else.

The fewer hotel rooms booked by club members, results in a weakened bargaining postion for the club to negotiate favorable rates, not only for hotel rooms, but for convention meeting space as well; including the most important ... ballroom bourse floor.