Obama to Accept Nomination at BofA Stadium
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President Obama will close out the 2012 Democratic National Convention in September with an acceptance speech at Bank of America stadium in Charlotte, N.C., convention CEO Steve Kerrigan announced in an email.
The open-air venue, which seats more than 73,000, will significantly expand access to Obama’s speech for his supporters and the public and replicate the dramatic setting from four years ago.
Obama accepted the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008 with a speech and rally before a crowd of 75,000 at Denver’s Invesco Field, home to the NFL’s Broncos. Bank of America stadium is home to the Carolina Panthers.
President Obama will close out the 2012 Democratic National Convention in September with an acceptance speech at Bank of America stadium in Charlotte, N.C., convention CEO Steve Kerrigan announced today.
The open-air venue, which seats more than 73,000, will significantly expand access to Obama’s speech for his supporters and the public and replicate the dramatic setting from four years ago.
Obama accepted the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008 with a speech and rally before a crowd of 75,000 at Denver’s Invesco Field, home to the NFL’s Broncos. Bank of America stadium is home to the Carolina Panthers.
The convention will also be shortened by one day, from four days to three, Kerrigan said, making Monday, Sept. 3, (Labor Day) a “day to organize and celebrate the Carolinas, Virginia and the South” with a rally at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.
The first two days of the formal convention program – Sept. 4-5 – will take place at Time Warner Cable Arena before moving to the outdoor stadium on the final night of the nominating event.
“The president looks forward to delivering his acceptance speech in a stadium with a large capacity, much as he did in 2008. It allows greater participation from people from all walks of life,” said White House press secretary Jay Carney.
“He wants as many Americans as possible – as was the case in 2008 – to participate,” Carney said.
This post was updated from an earlier version to reflect Kerrigan’s announcement.
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LOL! BOA! The recipient of millions of taxpayer bailout. How utterly appropriate.
Posted by: newcountryman | January 17, 2012, 8:40 am 8:40 am
this is a great chance for thousands of people to show their support for our President.i like the way he thinks out-of-the-box,throwing tired notions aside to bring us into the 21st century.This along with his smack-down appointments shows me he is back in the game,like we should expect from a staight A student and two-times honor graduate.i hope nails Romney on the hypocrisy of a venture capitalist running a government! Mr. Obama was able to turn his childhood poverty into a focused life,rising to graduate from Ivy League schools,something Romney was never able to accomplish.Pretty good for a descendent of slaves.
Posted by: gobama | January 17, 2012, 9:02 am 9:02 am
Is Bank of America going to charge an automatic $5 debit card fee everyone who attends?
Posted by: Jim | January 17, 2012, 9:09 am 9:09 am
That’s where the Panthers play football. Saw a game there once. Quite a stadium.
Posted by: A Cynic | January 17, 2012, 9:29 am 9:29 am
Gobama; Do you have a tattoo of the president?
Posted by: newcountryman | January 17, 2012, 9:37 am 9:37 am
Mr. Obama is a practicing attorney,distinguished Law professor and the author of the most remarkable book published by an American President since Grant. He worked his way through 4 years at the highly selective Columbia University and Harvard Law School.While Mr. Obama rose up from the poverty of his childhood, Mitt Romney went to college on his father’s dime and never was an academic standout.I am glad that he can give another one of his remarkable speeches before a larger group than can be accomidated in a convention hall.
Posted by: gobama | January 17, 2012, 9:45 am 9:45 am
Obama acts like a used car salesman..Heck he doesn’t even have experience at doing that. He hasn’t even run a lemonade stand. No wonder we are in deep poo that we can’t get out of…
Posted by: Gerry | January 17, 2012, 10:16 am 10:16 am
Fitting that he will speak at BOA’s stadium.
Both are corrupt.
Posted by: YouWillNotBeReElected | January 17, 2012, 10:21 am 10:21 am
GO………, you are one brainwashed individual, have you seen his grades NO, he tries VERY VERY hard to keep them from being known. Poverty: he would not know poverty if it stares him into his face. Worked: he never worked a day in his life.
Posted by: Lizzie | January 17, 2012, 10:44 am 10:44 am
But, but, but, Obama doesn’t like wealthy people or institutions. Oh I forgot, he is trying to get a BILLION dollars in donations so he can whip the Republicans’ butt–He’s forgotten all he needs is the two minority group voters and the Chicago cemetery.
Posted by: jonnie | January 17, 2012, 10:47 am 10:47 am
“he tries VERY VERY hard to keep them from being known”
Yep, even harder than I try to keep my income and income taxes from being known.
Posted by: mitt the ripper | January 17, 2012, 10:50 am 10:50 am
Worked: he never worked a day in his life.
Posted by: Lizzie | January 17, 2012, 10:44 am.
As usual, a bitter old Republican crone spreading lies. Don’t you get tired of being like this? Constantly having to lie about the president because you really, truly don’t know anything substantive? Constantly being such a negative downer of a person? What a sad and pathetic little existence you live. It’s apparent that Obama has achieved the American Dream, and it really ticks off some people. Talk about a craven attitude.
Posted by: A Cynic | January 17, 2012, 10:50 am 10:50 am
LOL! BOA! The recipient of millions of taxpayer bailout. How utterly appropriate.
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Brilliant. He could arrive at the event in a Government Motors Volt, which actually doubles as a clown car. After the speech one lucky attendee will get to be the first American to be indefinitely detained under NDAA.
Posted by: foggy | January 17, 2012, 11:16 am 11:16 am
A Cynic said It’s apparent that Obama has achieved the American Dream,=====On the backs of millions of unemployed people. Yay!!!
Posted by: darla | January 17, 2012, 11:32 am 11:32 am
It’s too bad I haven’t had a chance to help out with GM.
Posted by: Mitt the Ripper | January 17, 2012, 11:32 am 11:32 am
He should come in a Volt-he saved the company and all of the jobs at GM.And he has worked hard all of his life-NOTHING was handed to him-ever.I don’t need to see his grades-it is evident that this brilliant man was a straight A student.How else could he have be President of the Law review-a position selected on the basis of academic achievement alone.Mitt Romney never made it to an Ivy League school and never had to work a day in his life-except to tear up companies for their profits and to fire the workers it was his job to protect.
Posted by: gobama | January 17, 2012, 11:41 am 11:41 am
ASIDE TO GOBAMA AND CYNIC…….regulars on the I Love Obama network……..you have told us again how Obama, dirt poor child, raised himself up………got into some expensive schools, did well on his grades……..and made it all the way to the Number 1 job in the land, I guess on the loose change he threw in his piggy bank all those years……….give it a rest, guys, before the truth slips out…..and wouldn’t that be different…..hope you get good seat down in Carolina!
Posted by: justj joey | January 17, 2012, 12:43 pm 12:43 pm
The only reason for criticizing this exceptional President is racism,pure and simple.He is a once in a generation figure, like JFK to our parents or FDR to our grandparents- men who almost singlehandedly saved their country from war and depression.Mr. Obama stopped another Great Depression-despite having Congress in the hands of his opposition.Thank you Mr President.
Posted by: gobama | January 17, 2012, 1:14 pm 1:14 pm
LOL! I’m laughing at all the right-whiners on here, who are actually “very sad and regretting” that two iconic American conglomerates known all around the world as “American”, i.e., Bank of America and General Motors, ended up NOT failing under President Obama’s term in office unlike how they were about to fail under President Bush’s time in office.
LOL! A great reflection of that Republican bullogni about “patriotism”… which when translated for a Republican, is more like, “PARTY FIRST, COUNTRY SECOND”, for most of them. Most Republicans actually are hoping and praying that American iconic businesses fail under the Obama administration, just so they can say, “see, see what happened”… LOL!
Then, these same Republi-C-R-E-T-_-Ns are the first to complain that America doesn’t produce anything any more…. LOL!… and wonder why China is becoming an economic power house.
Posted by: Forrest Gump is DEFINITELY a Republican | January 17, 2012, 1:23 pm 1:23 pm
LOL! …. “GOBAMA” keep it up. It’s so funny to watch the shallow-head right-whiners squirm over all of your post. … hehehehehe!
Posted by: Forrest Gump is DEFINITELY a Republican | January 17, 2012, 1:25 pm 1:25 pm
I thought BofA was part of the evil banking industry? Actually it fits. Obabble is part of the evil government industry. I bet they hold hands at the convention.
Posted by: Zman | January 17, 2012, 1:36 pm 1:36 pm
Posted by: Forrest Gump is DEFINITELY a Republican | January 17, 2012, 1:23 pm 1:23 pm
There’s a good reason why communists coined the term “useful idiot” to describe liberals.
Posted by: Susan | January 17, 2012, 1:46 pm 1:46 pm
He worked his way through 4 years at the highly selective Columbia University and Harvard Law School.
I thought he went to prep high school in Hawaii, then to Occidental on the west coast. What jobs did he have working through college?Where did you see his grade card?
Posted by: david | January 17, 2012, 2:19 pm 2:19 pm
Posted by: gobama | January 17, 2012, 11:41 am 11:41 am
Lol. Lots of Washington politicians attended very expensive elite private universities. How’d that work out for us? Obama’s college transcripts are still sealed at his request. Why would he do this when he claims transparency is so important? What’s he hiding?
Posted by: Susan | January 17, 2012, 2:43 pm 2:43 pm
Another Republican myth. President Obama graduated with honors from Columbia University-an Ivy League school that only the very brightest get into.He was poor-how else could he have made it through except by working? . How sure are you that he hasn’t released any grade records? Or do you just believe everything you hear on Fox News? If he wasn’t brilliant he never would have written “Dreams from my Father” a book that everybody agrees is a classic.
Posted by: gobama | January 17, 2012, 2:45 pm 2:45 pm
gobama He was poor-how else could he have made it through except by working? . How sure are you that he hasn’t released any grade records?—-PROVE IT!!! Yeah thats what I thought…..you can’t.
Posted by: jasper | January 17, 2012, 3:20 pm 3:20 pm
A Cynic said It’s apparent that Obama has achieved the American Dream,=====On the backs of millions of unemployed people. Yay!!!
Posted by: darla | January 17, 2012, 11:32 am.
How do you figure? When he was inaugurated, the country was losing 750,000 jobs every MONTH. That trend has reversed. So your statement is pure nonsense. You imply that Obama deliberately caused millions of people to be unemployed so he could get where he is today. Again, pure nonsense. You Obama haters can’t even put together a coherent and cogent insult without looking like a petulant little brat in grade school. How pathetic.
Posted by: A Cynic | January 17, 2012, 3:34 pm 3:34 pm
There’s a good reason why communists coined the term “useful idiot” to describe liberals. Posted by: Susan | January 17, 2012, 1:46 pm.
Hmmm. But if that’s true, then that would make communists Conservatives, if THEIR opposition was the Liberals. So is that what you’re saying? That communists and Conservatives are interchangeable? Gee, who knew.
Posted by: A Cynic | January 17, 2012, 3:36 pm 3:36 pm
He was poor-how else could he have made it through except by working?
Here is the thing GO BAMA. Many people work their way through college and should be commended for doing so. People in office or running for office generally tell what jobs they had and a press that vets will get down to who they offended, pleased, had as a girlfriend, what they ate and the result of any anla exams they may have had-if they are a republican.You say he was poor, maybe he was but so was I and I could not afford a trip to Pakistan while working my way through school nor attend a private prep school.
Posted by: david | January 17, 2012, 4:07 pm 4:07 pm
Gobama: “this is a great chance for thousands of people to show their support for our President.i like the way he thinks out-of-the-box,throwing tired notions aside to bring us into the 21st century.”
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Out of the box??? This is the same way he accepted the nomination in 2008…
Posted by: Jim Tayberry | January 17, 2012, 4:09 pm 4:09 pm
Posted by: david | January 17, 2012, 4:07 pm 4:07 pm
I’m pretty sure Gobama writes for The Onion. Then again, they’re not even THAT funny.
Posted by: Susan | January 17, 2012, 4:20 pm 4:20 pm
I’m pretty sure Gobama writes for The Onion. Then again, they’re not even THAT funny
Yes as a man who once cleaned horse stalls during the summer I thought GOBAMAS post were getting a little deep-if you catch my drift.
Posted by: david | January 17, 2012, 4:38 pm 4:38 pm
I am sorry that some people let their personal racial prejudices cloud their ablity to see the facts.
Posted by: gobama | January 17, 2012, 5:08 pm 5:08 pm