You love Kansas City. We love Kansas City. Here are our Top 5 Reasons to get all your friends, colleauges, industry partners -- to come to KC for a meeting or conference.

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Anita Russell – Local Branch President

• $7.8 Million Economic Impact
• 10,000 Attendees 

"[Holding a convention in KC] means a lot... because when people come to a city they have to eat. They’re going to shop, and so that brings a lot of money to a city. Many of us have gone to other cities and spent dollars in other cities, so we want the convention to come to Kansas City and spend some of those dollars here to help boost our economy."

Randy Wisthoff – Director of the Kansas City Zoo

• $3.81 Million Economic Impact

" I’m just proud to host both of these organizations. We’ll have people here literally from around the world, and it will give us the opportunity to show off the improvements we’ve made at the Zoo, the progress we’ve made over the past few years and where the Zoo is heading in the future.“

Bob Coffeen – Local Organizer

• $900,000 Economic Impact

"We’ll try to emphasize the new Performing Arts Center, the Sprint Center, all these activities in Kansas City and then we have some outlying areas they’d like to see. I think that the resurgence of the downtown and the Plaza, the tremendous residential areas that we have and of course, lots of retail here, more than ever before."

Judy Meisel – Local Organizer

• $3.3 Million Economic Impact

"We have pride in Kansas City. It’s a beautiful city. We like to brag about it. We had a conference here back in 1987 and people loved it, and so we’ve been working the last several years to try to get another one back here. Things have changed in Kansas City tremendously since that time and we want to show them the new Kansas City.”

Hank Van Arsdale – Heart of America Regional Commissioner

• $10.1 Million Economic Impact
• 14,000 Volleyball Fans 

"We are going to be here through 2014 for sure. We hope to be here longer. We made a long term commitment to Kansas City, because we have had the cooperation of the CVA. Kansas City really works well for us."

Dr. John Miles – General Chairman, Local Entertainment Committee

• $12.9 Million Economic Impact
• 20,000 Delegates 

"[The CVA Sales Staff]  are the greatest people in the world to work with. They are just awesome. That’s what has made it so easy for us to hold the convention in Kansas City. The Convention and Visitors Association and the local committee... we handle the planning like no other city. We work as a team, together. We love it."

Mike Mathieu – National Events Committee Chairman

• $7.7 Million Economic Impact
• 12,780 Room Nights

"Why do I do it? Because I believe in Kansas City. I love Kansas City. I live here, and I think it’s the greatest place in the world to hold a Barbershop convention or any other kind of convention. We love it here. We’re the Heart of America and as far as I’m concerned we are the heart of the world."