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Article: Denver limos gearing up for DNC 'circus' Demand driving companies to get more vehicles.(Business)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- August 16, 2008
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Byline: Joanne Kelley, Rocky Mountain News
Limousine companies have mile-high expectations for the Democratic National Convention, an event creating so much demand in a single week that operators have been scrambling to add more drivers or vehicles.
Some vans and stretch limos remain available for hire, but most sedans and sport utility vehicles have been spoken for by partygoers, lobbyists and media types who will descend on the city next weekend.
"This'll be the biggest week the industry has ever had in Colorado," said Gene Cuckenboo, president of the state's limo industry association and owner of Presidential Limo. "It's a three-ring circus." ...