The scoreboard at Invesco Field at Mile High is wired for Barack Obama: 'Change you can believe in.' Photos by Mark Silva
by Mark Silva
DENVER -- Here in the press box at Invesco Field, it's many hours from game time, but a small army of security forces and media people are flowing onto the sunsplashed field -- covered with flooring and seating -- and into the stands for Barack Obama's big night.
Several thousand seats arrayed around the covered field surround a circular stage framed by Doric columns, with a late Renaissance colonnade of columns and a tableaux of six faux window panes and real flags that looks suspiciously like some artist's rendition of the outside of the Oval Office at West Wing.
It may actually be closer to a Victoria's Secret window-dressing for the latest West Wing wear, however. Perhaps the campaign wanted to avoid the implication of that fake presidential seal that they once positiioned in front of Obama.
Before the day ends, some 75,000 people are expected to pour into this stadium, where Obama will accept his party's nomination as president. Cherish this moment, when the stadium, largely empty, stands as the eye of the media storm.
There's a certain amount of security here, of course. They say the highway that passes by the stadium will be shut down this evening.
And all who have followed the travails of convention security here in the Swamp this week will be glad to know that we didn't even attempt to sneak an apple in here. Heading to the concessions now. There's no covering a game like this on an empty stomach.
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