Move To Invesco

By Shaun Neville / Washington Bureau Producer

DENVER – Yes, we’re all waiting for former President Bill Clinton and vice presidential nominee Joe Biden to take the stage tonight.  But to move from the Pepsi Center to Invesco Field is well underway.  And it’s adding a whole layer of complication to covering the convention.

FIrst off, the stage is built and the field is covered in seats and press boxes.  It’s amazing how quickly they got it up, considering there was a football game there last Thursday night.  You can judge for yourself when you see it tomorrow, but the stage looks like something out of ancient Greece to me.  It may look different when it’s lit, but all I can picture is someone walking on stage with a toga (There’s lots of pillars.  As I said, you can judge for yourself tomorrow).

Our standup locations are set and our edit gear has moved to the Invesco parking lot, where we’ll be working out of a couple UHaul trailers over the next 24 hours.  It’s a bare-bones operation, and I’m just hoping it’s not too hot. 

Tonight, we join a massive secret service media convoy to get the rest of our gear over there.  It’s going to be tight for almost every media member here (there are thousands of us).  Convention coverage just wasn’t designed to be picked up and moved in the middle of the week.  Wish us luck, and if all works out, you’ll see us on air Thursday morning.