More Details On Obamapalooza

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Oct 30, 2008 2:05PM

We're six days from Election Day and we're finally starting to get some of the details nailed down as the City Parks District released the permit application for the event. They include:

• The allowance of "amplified sound" from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
• No live musical performances
• No alcohol will be sold, only drunk in flasksPizza, hot dogs and hot chocolate will be sold
• There will be 265 port-o-potties
• There will be three spotlight towers and two audio towers.

But perhaps the most interesting aspect of the permit is that C3, the promoters, are planning on 7,500 "participants" and 65,000 attendees. This makes sense as they're setting up in the south end of the park, the same area where Radiohead played their headlining set at Lollapalooza this year. But it doesn't jibe with the Mayor's claim that as many as one million people will come by anyway. Chicagoist staffer Karl Klockars went down to Grant Park to check out the set-up and we'll be bringing you those pictures shortly. It's also unclear if 65,000 is the number of "tickets" the Obama campaign set aside for the event. But don't worry if you didn't get one; the Sun-Times is here to help you out.