CONSTRUCTION BEGINS FOR OBAMA’S BIG ELECTION NIGHT BASH
CHICAGO (CBS) ― Construction is underway for a massive stage in Chicago where Barack Obama could declare victory on election night. Tens of thousands are expected to gather in Grant Park just 13 days from now. One way or another, that huge crowd will witness history.
CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery reports that 1996 was actually the last election night when both major party candidates did speak publicly. In the close elections of 2000 and 2004, that did not happen. Preparations to accommodate a big crowd in Grant Park are already underway.
Wednesday, workers were assembling what they said was a platform that would hold a giant TV screen for an election night gathering in downtown Chicago’s front yard.
No one really knows how many people will come to the lakefront’s Grant Park on Nov. 4. Weather will likely play a role. It was warm and sunny a few days ago in St. Louis when Barack Obama drew an estimated 100,000 to the banks of the Mississippi River.
Grant Park is used to giant gatherings from the annual Lollapalooza music festival and the Taste of Chicago to rallies for Michael Jordan’s old Chicago Bulls. What may have been the largest crowd in the city’s history — at least 350,000 — gathered in the park to watch Pope John Paul II celebrate a Catholic mass.
City officials have been planning for election night for months.
“That’s what we’re talking about…it’s all about safety,” Mayor Daley said.
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