i have been to cleveland dozens of times, have family there and its only about 2 hours from my hometown of pittsburgh. used to have a ball there, lots of good dining and tons of nice places to drink. i like 6th street alot, the grog shop is an interesting place to see a show.
sounds like a good place to have a showcase. not too expensive for a fairly large city, cheap to fly there, lots of stuff to do downtown.