MinnPost did a piece yesterday on Maria Cino, the CEO of the Republican National Convention. She's been here in St. Paul for several months planning all aspects of the event. An interesting tidbit:

Cino and her team have less than six months to complete preparations for an event she calls the "Super Bowl of Politics." They're reserving 16,000 hotel rooms in 101 area hotels and then have to allocate space to each of the state delegations.

They've got to set up the arena with a stage, as well as work areas for the delegates and media. They have to find buses to get the delegates from Minneapolis, the suburbs and far-flung hotels to downtown St. Paul for the daily events. Planning routes for all those buses to maneuver through downtown will be quite the logistical puzzle, she says.

There's nothing incredibly revealing in the piece about convention activities, but if you're interested in the process and a little more about her, read the whole thing.