chairman, we leave it there.

>> Thanks so much for your time.

>> Thanks for having me.

>> With so many people coming into Milwaukee and opening their wallets through the week, there was an expectation for a $200 million economic boost to the city.

But as Stephen Potter reports, while some businesses made out, others fell flat.

>> For some, the restaurant business this week in Milwaukee has been booming from the minute we open our doors yesterday, all the way through, we have been slammed busy.

We have been packed full for Marla Poytinger from the new fashioned bar and restaurant, which is right across from the Fiserv Forum.

The increase in traffic from the Republican National Convention has more than exceeded expectations.

about the equivalent of one Bucs game every day this week, which would have been fantastic four days in a row.

Yesterday alone, we did five Bucs games.

>> But for others who are further away from the convention activity, business has been significantly different and hearing people haven't been coming down.

not getting enough business.

>> It seems like there are just so many events going on, just we're also kind of on the outskirts of the where everything's taking place.

So, I mean, people sometimes seems like they're forgetting, like the little local local spots we had, like, you know, extra staff on, on ready standby, but we've actually called off, a few few people here and there just because numbers have not been what we expected in the months preceding the convention, there was a lot of talk and excitement about a substantial financial bump coming from the infusion of the 50,000 convention attendees.

>> I think originally, the thought was it would be a $200 million in economic impact.

>> Omar Shaikh of the high end steakhouse carnivore says business at his restaurant has been slower than he'd like.

>> Yesterday we were decent, not crazy by any means, not really overly busy.

>> Normally, Shaikh says, conventions that come to town for company meetings and trainings are busy, but the Republican National Convention >> There aren't restricted areas and security and things of this nature.

So I would say this is political conventions are certainly different, Shaikh says he's also talked to some restaurant owners who decided not to open at all during the week of the convention, and they said, well, look, I don't really have a lot of reservations on the books.

So if I don't have business, if I order a lot of the product, you know, it's perishable, right?

And they don't do business and they actually lose money.

>> One person keeping a close eye on the economic impact of the RNC is Dale Kooyenga.

He's the president of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, the Milwaukee brand is known and it's things like this.

>> It's like the box, the Brewers events like this where you could go around the world and people say, oh, I know Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

>> As for the lack of business, some spots are seeing during the convention, Kooyenga says, you can't just look at your four days.

>> You have to look at the longer impact of tourism in Milwaukee.

more of an economic impact from the RNC, but he also understands it's a long game.

>> The greater hope is like that.

Everyone that came here from around the world and around the country to say, this is an incredible city.

I want to return to that city.

I want to go back to that restaurant.

I that hotel, and hopefully that a