"The decision point on Harrah's was location, venue, accessibility, size, price - the normal things that a large group considers when they're trying to locate a convention." "That really didn't play any role in going up to Harrah's at all," says Pope. North Carolina Republican Party Chairman Claude Pope says the decision to hold next year's state convention at the Cherokee casino was made well before the Catawbas announced their plans to try and build a competing casino. The Cherokees worry the competition would hurt their own casino profits and they have considerable clout with North Carolina politicians. That proposal comes from the Catawba Indians of South Carolina. The decision is of particular interest since many of the state's top Republicans – including House Speaker Thom Tillis and Governor Pat McCrory – have recently come out against plans for a competing casino two and a half hours away. North Carolina Republicans announced this week they will hold their 2014 convention at the state's only casino, operated by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians high in the Smoky Mountains.
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