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75,000 Denver Stadium / Obama Nomination Speech

July 7, 2008

Obama picks 75,000-seat stadium for convention speech

Posted: 09:48 AM ET

From CNN’s Richard Allen Greene

Obama will accept his party’s nomination at Invesco field, home of the Denver Broncos.

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Barack Obama will give his main speech of the Democratic National Convention at a 75,000-seat stadium rather than the 20,000-seat hall where the convention is taking place, convention organizers announced Monday.  Obama will accept the Democratic nomination for president at Denver’s INVESCO Field at Mile High on August 28. 

The move looks likely to put him in front of a much larger audience than normal for a political speech, even for a presidential nominee.  Convention organizers portrayed the move as a reflection of Obama’s success at encouraging people to vote for the first time. 

“Barack Obama’s campaign for change has inspired millions of Americans and brought people into the political process who might never have been involved,” said Convention Co-Chair Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. “This change in the Convention program will allow thousands of first-time participants a chance to take part.”
 
Obama’s largest event to date was in Portland, Oregon, in May, where he drew a crowd of approximately 75,000. He has done at least one previous stadium event, a joint appearance with talk show host Oprah Winfrey at Williams-Brice Stadium in South Carolina that drew about 29,000 people.

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