“There are also reports that Democrat operatives have been reduced to handing out free tickets to the event at bars and elsewhere ....”
Sounds like a great opportunity, for would-be mischief makers.
Here you go.
Two Drunken Democrats Offer Convention Preview
I don’t recall any stories similar to this coming out of last week’s GOP convention but then again these are Democrats. One California delegate has been hospitalized and another sent home following a night of heavy drinking. California Democratic Party spokesman Tenoch Flores declined to identify the two men. It seems they returned to the Blake Hotel after a night on the town when one of the men fell, apparently injuring himself badly enough that an ambulance had to be called. The second man then proceeded to pick a fight with the emergency responders and the hotel staff and the police were called. He was not arrested but for the good of the party he agreed to “forgo official delegation activities.”
Hell, if I had to look forward to spending three days listening to Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and John Kerry I’d get drunk too.
http://teapartyatperrysburg.blogspot.com/2012/09/two-drunken-democrats-offer-convention.html
...such as "gentlemen's clubs," bathhouses and homeless shelters.