Scott and I went to the Pepsi Center yesterday to check out the setup for the Democratic National Convention. The last time the Dems held a convention here was 1908, so I figured this was probably a once in a lifetime thing.

DNC outside pepsi center

DNC outside pepsi center2

They gave us maybe 15 minutes to look around inside.

DNC stage and podium

Seating for the delegates from Obama’s home state of Illinios was front and center. This is a tradition.

DNC Illinois Delegate Seating

While the host state is seated to the right.

DNC Colorado Delegate Seating

Outside, CNN had taken over a bar and grill called Brooklyn’s, and called it the CNN Grill.

DNC CNN Grill quotes

If anyone knows where the quotes on the building are from, please let me know.

They had a interviewing area set up on the patio where Gloria Borger was doing some live correspondence. We got shushed by an intern.

DNC CNN Borger

Nearby Larimer Square was decked out too.

DNC Larimer Square Flags

I’d like to give more details, but I have to get the upstairs toilet reinstalled before we head down to the Loveland Corn Roast Festival.