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Democrats again pick football stadium for Obama convention speech
By Michael A. Memoli
January 17, 2012, 8:54 a.m.
Reporting from Washington—
The Democratic National Convention will again move to an outdoor football stadium on its final day, providing for a much larger venue for Barack Obama to accept his party's nomination for a second term as president.
Party officials on Tuesday announced more details about the September convention in Charlotte, N.C., including shortening the gathering to three days and kicking off the festivities on Labor Day with what's being called a day of organizing at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.
The convention will officially begin Tuesday, Sept. 4, at the Time Warner Cable Arena in downtown Charlotte. On Thursday, Sept. 6, the proceedings will move to the 73,000-seat Bank of America Stadium for President Obama's acceptance speech.
At the party's 2008 convention in Denver, Obama closed the convention at Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium.
More: http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-democratic-convention-football-stadium-20120117,0,6320069.story
January 17, 2012, 8:54 a.m.
Reporting from Washington—
The Democratic National Convention will again move to an outdoor football stadium on its final day, providing for a much larger venue for Barack Obama to accept his party's nomination for a second term as president.
Party officials on Tuesday announced more details about the September convention in Charlotte, N.C., including shortening the gathering to three days and kicking off the festivities on Labor Day with what's being called a day of organizing at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.
The convention will officially begin Tuesday, Sept. 4, at the Time Warner Cable Arena in downtown Charlotte. On Thursday, Sept. 6, the proceedings will move to the 73,000-seat Bank of America Stadium for President Obama's acceptance speech.
At the party's 2008 convention in Denver, Obama closed the convention at Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium.
More: http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-democratic-convention-football-stadium-20120117,0,6320069.story
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