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Balloons drop at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., where presidential hopeful John McCain and running mate Sarah Palin accepted their nominations.

(Associated Press file)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The local committee hosting the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland is soliciting donations of up to $10 million for corporate sponsors to get their names on venues and VIP access to the four-day event.

The committee's 25-page fundraising packet, obtained by Northeast Ohio Media Group, lays out an array of sponsorship opportunities for the convention, scheduled between July 18 and July 21.

Among the listed sponsorship opportunities are "official wireless provider" for $10 million, and "official airline" or "official vehicle" for $1 million. Cash or in-kind donations between $500,000 and $1 million can land designations such as official snack or beverage provider for the convention, official credit card provider, official recycler or official fractional jet for private planes landing at the city's Burke Lakefront Airport.

In exchange, depending on the level of contribution, sponsors will be offered perks including VIP and behind-the-scenes access to convention and off-site events, the packet states. Other perks would include priority status for hotel rooms in downtown Cleveland and high-visibility advertising, as well as the opportunity to host roundtable discussions attended by elected officials and media members, according to the brochure.

The host committee of local business, political and civic leaders aims to raise up to $65 million to help cover the costs of hosting the event, including obtaining hotel rooms and event spaces, and providing security. The committee will work in concert with the official arm of the national Republican Party to help plan the event.

Because the host committee is a non-profit organization, donations are in part tax deductible. The packet states that contributions of $100,000 or more also will gain donors membership on the official host committee, which is beginning to arrange preliminary organizational meetings to prepare for the convention.

The brochure also offers a glimpse of what Clevelanders and convention-goers might expect for the event. They are:

- The brochure refers to the 40,000 square-foot plaza between Progressive Field and Quicken Loans Arena as "RNC Park." The Q is expected to be the primary venue for the convention itself, and Progressive Field likely will host events. The host committee is offering naming rights to the plaza in exchange for a $2.5 million donation or more.

- Convention organizers are considering two different sites as the primary headquarters for the 15,000 members of the local, national and international media expected to attend the event: the parking garage attached to The Q, or the Cleveland Convention Center.

The parking garage first would require a multi-million-dollar upgrade to make it suitable, but is closer to the venue. The convention center would require less work, but is a 15-minute walk under normal conditions, and likely longer during the high-security environment of the RNC.

The host committee is offering naming rights for the media center in exchange for a $2.5 million contribution or more, according to the brochure.

- The convention will include an official concert, which is depicted in an image in the brochure as taking place at Progressive Field, featuring a "top-tier recording artist." A corporation can sponsor the event for a contribution of $1 million or more.

Some of the country's largest and most recognizable corporations have served as sponsors to past Republican conventions, including AT&T, Cisco Systems, Google, LG, General Motors, Microsoft and U.S. Airways.

Click here for a partial Google compilation of past sponsors announced by PR NewsWire, the "Official Newswire Service" for the 2012 RNC in Tampa.

David Gilbert, a host committee leader, said the group has been developing sponsorship packages for "quite awhile," and is reaching out to potential donors locally, statewide and nationally.

"We have been working with the RNC to try to lay out the types of things a host committee would have to offer to these companies or individuals to give them the kinds of things they might be looking for around the convention," said Gilbert, who is president and CEO of Destination Cleveland, the local tourism bureau.

"That's what these sponsorship packages are all about," he added. "And to be honest with you, they are really a starting point. And in many of these instances, we're going to work very individually with each of those companies and individuals to try and make sure that they're satisfied with what they get for their donation to the host committee."