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Wright State University experienced a spike of media coverage when it was announced that university will host the first presidential debate on Sept. 26, 2016<\/a>, in\u00a0the Wright State Nutter Center. Here’s a roundup of\u00a0the coverage.<\/p>\n

Dayton Daily News:\u00a0Wright State pick puts Dayton on national stage
\n<\/strong>With the Republican convention in Cleveland next July and the first presidential debate at Wright State University in September, perhaps more presidential candidates should make it official and move to Ohio. Read more (premium) >><\/a><\/p>\n

WHIO News Center 7:\u00a0Presidential debate at Wright State\u00a0“enormous” economic impact
\n<\/strong>Presidential debate at Wright State\u00a0to pump millions into local economy. Watch the report >><\/a><\/p>\n

NBC 4 Columbus: Wright State students excited for first presidential debate to come to campus
\n<\/strong>\u201cI am super excited that we\u2019re having the first debate, next fall,\u201d said Elijah Knapp. \u201cIt really is a privilege that we get to host the debate, represent Ohio and represent the country.\u201d\u00a0Read more >><\/a><\/p>\n

Dayton Business Journal: Wright State to host first presidential debate<\/strong>
\n“This isn’t just about Wright State, it’s about the whole region,” Hopkins said. “Not a lot of public universities have the chance to host debates. I’m looking forward to ways to get the students involved, we’re seeing these debates come to the heart of our democracy.” Read more >><\/a><\/p>\n

WDTN:\u00a0Social media abuzz with presidential debate announcement<\/strong>
\nThe announcement that the first presidential debate will happen right here in the Miami Valley has social media abuzz. Read more >><\/a><\/p>\n

Dayton Daily News:\u00a0Businesses buoyed by news of presidential debate at Wright State<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe trickle down effect is enormous,\u201d said Kathleen Young, executive director of the Greene County Convention and Visitors Bureau. \u201cWe are talking all the service industry \u2014 restaurants, hotels, rental car companies, airline tickets, furniture rental for the press, equipment rental, security.\u201d Read more (premium) >><\/a><\/p>\n

Dayton Business Journal: Five numbers to know as Wright State\u00a0hosts the first 2016 presidential debate<\/strong>
\nOur sister paper, Denver Business Journal, reported extensively on the impact of the first presidential debate in 2012, which took place in that city. A few takeaway numbers to think about. Read more >><\/a><\/p>\n

CNN:\u00a02016 presidential debate calendar set<\/strong>
\nDayton, St. Louis and Las Vegas will each host presidential debates ahead of the 2016 general election.\u00a0Read more >><\/a><\/p>\n

Cleveland Plain Dealer:\u00a0Ohio’s Wright State University will host first debate between presidential nominees in 2016<\/strong>
\nCleveland hosted the first primary-season presidential candidate debate in August. Ohio will do the same for the first debate of the general election season next fall. Read more >><\/a><\/p>\n

WVXU\u00a0Public Radio:\u00a0Wright State University to host presidential debate<\/strong>
\nIn a news release, Wright State President David R. Hopkins says, “I could not be any prouder of our university and the fact that the Commission on Presidential Debates has entrusted Wright State to host such an important event.” Read more >><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wright State University experienced a spike of media coverage when it was announced that university will host the first presidential debate on Sept. 26, 2016, in\u00a0the Wright State Nutter Center. Here’s a roundup of\u00a0the coverage. Dayton Daily News:\u00a0Wright State pick … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":38225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[730],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wright-state-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38272"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38305,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38272\/revisions\/38305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}