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Aug 6, 2008 3:59 pm US/Central

Obama Convention Speech Details Released

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DENVER (CBS) ― The Democratic National Convention Committee announced Wednesday that more than half of the seats at Invesco Field for Barack Obama's acceptance speech will go to residents of Colorado. Pepsi Center delegates will also get seats and their credentials will move over to Invesco Field.

The committee also said over two-thirds of the seats will go to people from the Rocky Mountain West.

Gov. Bill Ritter and Former Gov. Federico Pena also spoke at the announcement.

As many as 75,000 people could hear the speech in person at the football stadium.

The Obama Campaign said it wants a full house and will apparently ask people to prove they can attend the event before getting a ticket.

Attendees will also be put to work beforehand. They'll reportedly be asked to take part in a massive phone bank to get out the vote for Obama.

Because of security concerns, people going to the speech will need to arrive between Noon and 2 p.m. on Aug. 28. Obama won't speak until 8 p.m.

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