Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1908 — DENVER’S GREAT CONVENTION HALL [ARTICLE]

DENVER’S GREAT CONVENTION HALL

MONSTER BUILDING WILL BB THROWN OPEN JUNE 27. IT WILL SEAT OVER 12,000 Elaborate Preparation* for the Democratic National Gathering—How the. Delegatee and Preaa Will Be Accommodated. Denver, Col., June 5. —Costing $550,000, seating 12,500 people, containing probably the most perfect heating aad ventilating system of any public building In the world, Denver’s monster Auditorium will throw open Its doors June 27 to welcome the long list of conventions to be held in Denver this summer. The seating, decorations and other arrangements for the Democratic national convention which will convene in the Auditorium July 7 have been completed and accepted by the national committee. Tbe ball will accommodate more tban 12,000 people and the first floor alone will have 6,000 .regular seats. The auditorium is constructed so that the huge stage Is near the center of the building, la of Huge Dimensions. The building Is 266x200 feet In dimensions and is of the heights of a five-story building. Its seating capacity Is larger than Madison Square garden In New York, which holds 12,000 people; the great Coliseum In Chicago, where the Republican convention Is to be held in June, which holds 11,011 people, or the Mormon tabernacle in Salt Lake, which seats 10,000. There are 24 exits, including 240 linear feet of exit space, and the building can be emptied in two minutes. In preparation for the convention, the rostrum and platform will be erected at the west side of the auditorium with the seats for the delegates and alternates extending along the floor of the stage proper. Upon the platform will be 445 seats, which will be reserved for the members of tbe national committee and for tbe guests of honor. The number of seats on the rostrum will be 101. Directly In front of the chairman’s platform on the rostrum will be four seats and tables for the noiseless telegraph instruments of the news services. Additional room for these news services and for the telegraph companies is arranged in the basement. Good Seats for the Press. Desks and seats for the newspaper correspondents and special writers will be arranged in a half circle about the rostrum in such a manner as to give each writer an unobstructed view of the speaker and within easy hearing distance. There will be 303 seats in this section, each seat having a space of 24 inches wide. Seats for the delegates in front of the rostrum are arranged nearly Bor the center of the building. The exact number of seats is 1,005, and immediately behind this section are the seats of the alternates, also 1,005 in number.