This year the Democratic National Convention is scheduled to take place at the Pepsi Center here in Denver.  The title of the post will be explained but we have to visit the sports page of the newspaper.  The Pepsi Center plays host to the Denver Nuggets and the Colorado Avalanche, our basketball and hockey teams.

This year both of those teams have made the playoffs.  As of this writing however, the Denver Nuggets have been swept in 4 games and the Colorado Avalanche are down 3 games to none and looking like they will be swept and eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs.  This is the reason the Pepsi Center will be unused.

Some facts about the facility that will be the location of this year’s DNC.  The Pepsi Center in Denver was built in about 21 months and cost $180M in private funding.  The building sits on 45 acres and is 675,000 square feet.  During the Democratic National Convention the Pepsi Center will handle approximately 21,000 people or more.  The problem I see now is that with the Nuggets eliminated from the playoffs and the Colorado Avalanche on their way out of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the building will be quiet and vacant for a while.  Yes, if that does sound like sour grapes, it’s because I am very disappointed!

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