Obama will accept nomination at N.C. stadium

Politico.com ^

[matt04]

The Charlotte Observer reports that President Obama will formally accept the Democratic nomination at Bank of America stadium in Charlotte, N.C. — an outdoor venue:

The move to the Carolina Panthers' 74,000-seat stadium would replicate the 2008 convention, where Obama accepted the nomination at a packed Invesco Field in Denver.

The move, which would open the speech to the public, is designed to help mobilize voters in North Carolina, a key swing state. It could also serve as a perk to donors, who could be rewarded with skybox seats.

Aside from the optics of Obama accepting the nomination at a stadium sponsored by a financial institution in a year of intense anti-Wall Street sentiment, the outdoor venue increases the risk of weather-related complications. In 2008, campaign officials gambled on good weather for a huge outdoor address in Denver, Colo. This year's speech, however, takes place during the eastern seaboard's unpredictable hurricane season.

[matt04]

Will their be fake columns this time?

[treetopsandroofs]

Maybe Charlie Crist will show up and fight with Bev Perdue for O-hole kissing camera time.

[no dems]

Obama will accept nomination at N.C. stadium
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I hope they have a friggin’ mini-Hurricane.

[oyez]

I guess they will call it "Coronation pt. II."

[matt04]

If it does rain, at least any OWS types in attendance/protesting will get a shower.

[tumblindice]

Will he come down in a cloud, or rise up out of a giant clam shell?

[americanophile]

Ah yes, Bank of America stadium to rail against Wall Street and the 1%. Their hypocrisy knows no bounds.

[jospehm20]

They are probably on the way now.

[AU72]

I’m glad all those Greek Columns aren’t going to waste.

[no dems]

Will their be fake columns this time?
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I don’t know; but, I do know there will NOT be the enthusiasm there was in ‘08.

[KarlInOhio]

Only 74,000? He can get more that twice that many at the largest stadium in the world - Rungrado May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea. And the politics there fits him better than North Carolina.

[Sacajaweau]

During hurricane season...heh, heh, heh....

[mewzilla]

Jeez louise. Delusions of grandeur much?!

[KarlInOhio]

I don’t know; but, I do know there will NOT be the enthusiasm there was in ‘08.

Maybe he can arrest attendees who aren't sufficiently enthusiastic, like at Kim Jong Dead's funeral.

[al baby]

Will the Kenyan have seals made up that say office of president re elect Obama?

[RightLady]

He should go to the Big House in Ann Arbor

[dfwgator]

What, the stadium in Nuremberg wasn’t available?

[DeFault User]

Not only fake columns, but there will be black panthers watching the entrance. See below:

[TonyInOhio]

Playing to type:

[fso301]

One has to do these sort of events in outdoor stadiums otherwise, how could you have proper torchlit ceremonies all contained within the columns of light projecting skyward from searchlights ringing the stadium?