Convention By Numbers

With so much talk about party infighting and dissension, sometimes its nice simply to look at the Democratic Convention as a numbers game.

How many hotel rooms? How many countries sent journalists to cover the event? What will Invesco Field at Mile High hold for Obama’s big acceptance speech?

PBS decided to find out the answers to these and other pressing questions. Here’s a a sampling of their breakdown of the convention, strictly by the numbers:

76,000: Seats at Invesco Field

120: Minimum number of bloggers credentialed to cover the convention

130: Countries sending journalists to the cover the convention

400: Maximum number of people who can be detained at “holding pens” designed to corral disruptive protesters

1908: The last time Denver hosted the Democratic National Convention

100: Hotels hosting convention delegates, visitors and media

17,000: Hotel rooms booked for the convention

21,000: Convention volunteers

46,000,000: Dollars the host committee is required to raise for the convention

If you want to read more, visit PBS.org.