MILWAUKEE (SPECTRUM NEWS) -- The 2020 Democratic National Convention was supposed to be pinnacle of a summer of attention and investment in-and-around Milwaukee: a potential Milwaukee Bucks NBA Championship run; a national political convention complete with roughly 50,000 visitors, $200+ million in economic impact and a week's worth of national media attention on the city's renaissance; and The Ryder Cup, just north on I-43.

Thanks for nothing, pandemic.

The Bucks hopeful championship run is now taking place in Orlando.

The Ryder Cup's been bumped to 2021.

The 2020 Democratic National Convention is now "anchored" from Milwaukee — very few guests in town, a limited in-person media presence, a primarily virtual event — but that doesn't mean that Wisconsin's completely out of the national spotlight this week.

For instance, President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and the president's son, Eric Trump, have all planned visits here through Thursday as Wisconsin remains a critical battleground state ahead of the November election.

Also, while national media organizations may now have very limited assets "on the ground" throughout America's Dairyland this week, that doesn't mean they're not writing about the state:

"Wisconsin lost the Democratic National Convention, but is still at the center of the presidential race" via The L.A. Times;

"The Seven Political States of Wisconsin" via The Washington Post;

"Factbox: Why North Carolina and Wisconsin, U.S. Political Convention Hosts, Matter for Trump and Biden" via Reuters;

"It's Convention Time: 2-Minute Speeches, No Pomp, a Forlorn Milwaukee" via The New York Times.

A small silver lining, perhaps, but the fact that Wisconsin won the convention to begin with, will still host the Ryder Cup and will hopefully welcome the Bucks home as champions, it's still much more than other regions can celebrate, even in its delayed and digital form.