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Monday Night Pepsi Center Video

By Jeralyn

Here's my video of my travels through the Pepsi Center last night. It's very raw and shaky and very different from what pro video-bloggers would post but I think you get a real sense of being in the Pepsi Center from it. [More...]

First off, after Ted Kennedy spoke, I left the hall to find my way back to the Blogger's Lounge where I was to exchange my floor pass for my regular Hall pass. I got lost and ended up in the bowels of the Pepsi Center just as Caroline Kennedy and others in their entourage were leaving. The Secret Service made us wait 15 minutes as they departed.

I also discovered a huge tech department down there. After wandering through that, still trying to find my way out of the maze, I went through a curtain and ended up in front of the stage, in front of all the delegations, right under the musical group that was performing.

Still trying to find my way home to the Blogger's Lounge, which none of the 8 volunteers I asked ever heard of, a nice worker tried to radio someone to find it. The information he got was wrong and I ended up on the club floor level where all the private parties for big donors were being held.

I got back in the press elevator to try again but we got kicked off on a different floor for a medical emergency. They needed to get someone out on a stretcher.

Finally, I found the blogger's lounge (down on level A, in what normally serves as the practice court for the Denver Nuggets) switched my floor pass back for my hall pass and left as Michelle Obama was finishing her speech.

I watched the end of her speech outside the Pepsi Center at the CNN Grill room which was probably where I should have spent the entire night. But then I wouldn't have my shaky, amateur underground video to show you.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on August 26, 2008 (boomark / email).