The big buildup fizzles for some businesses at Olympics
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Remember when Saint Paul businesses stocked up and added staff in anticipation of all of the business the 2008 Republican National Convention in the city would generate? The city ended up deserted.
Some London shops are going through the same thing now...
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Here's a trip down St. Paul's memory lane.
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