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  • 2008 No More: Obama Acceptance Speech Moved to 75% Smaller Venue

    09/05/2012 9:36:04 AM PDT · by Cincinatus' Wife · 29 replies
    Red State ^ | September 5, 2012 | Jeff Emanuel
    In 2008, standing between artificial columns designed to recall the White House Rose Garden, then-Senator Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination for president at Denver’s Invesco Field in front of a record crowd of 84,000. It’s clearly not 2008 any more. Bank of America stadium and the 73% smaller Time Warner Cable ArenaA similar-sized venue was chosen for now-President Obama’s acceptance speech this year’s Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, where .... Bank of America Stadium seats 73,298. That’s ten thousand less than Invesco, but still a sizable venue — and one which, if enthusiasm were even remotely close to 2008...