Obama Speech Moved Indoors on Account of Rain
Democratic convention officials on Wednesday moved U.S. President Barack Obama's acceptance speech inside on Thursday because of severe weather forecasts, canceling plans to hold it in a 74,000-seat outdoor football stadium.
The address will now be in the approximately 20,000-seat Time Warner Cable Arena, which has housed the first two nights of the convention.
Source: Chicago Tribune. Read full article. (link)
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How are all 74,000 folks who were going to attend going to squeeze in such a small space? Oh that's right... they couldn't fill the first one. Guess the President didn't want any more empty chair references this campaign season.