Tuesday, September 4, 2012

As officials prepare to open the Democratic convention this afternoon, there are strong indications that the speech will be moved to Time Warner Cable Arena, which has a capacity of just over 20,000.

Democrats set to move Obama's big speech from 74,000-seater outdoor stadium to 20,000-seater indoor arena

By Toby Harnden In Charlotte, North Carolina


Democrats are poised to avoid the danger of President Barack Obama accepting his party’s nomination before a partially-empty stadium by shifting his speech to an indoor arena and citing ‘severe weather’.
The Obama campaign have been working desperately to ensure that the 74,000-seater Bank of America stadium in Charlotte would be filled.
Buses for students from across North Carolina and even members of black churches in neighboring South Carolina have been arranged.
Democrats are poised to avoid the danger of President Barack Obama accepting his party's nomination before a partially-empty stadium by shifting his speech to an indoor arena and citing 'severe weather'
Democrats are poised to avoid the danger of President Barack Obama, pictured on the White House lawn today, accepting his party's nomination before a partially-empty stadium by shifting his speech to an indoor arena and citing 'severe weather'

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