The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-05
BIG AUDITORIUM
IS NEARLY READY
Denver viii Be Prepared Fer
Visitors On June II
HALL WILL SEAT 1880
Every Arrangement Has Been Made
For the Comfort of Those Who
Will Take Part In conven-
tons In Building.
HALL WILL SEAT I2,500

Denver, Colo. June 4.-Costing $780,
600, seating 1850 people, containing
probably the most perfect heating and
ventilating system of any public build
ing in the world, Denver's monster au-
ditorium will throw. open its doors
June 81 to welcome the long list of
conventions to be held in Denver this
summer. The seating arrangements,
decorations and other arrangements
for the democratic national convention
to convene in the auditorium July T.
have been completed and accepted by
the national committee. The hall Will
accommodate more than 10000 people
and the first floor alone will have
5000 regular seats.
The auditorium is constructed so
that the huge stage is near the cenA
ter of the building. Being built on this
plan, one-half of the structure can be
used as a theater, the other half be-
ing entirely shut off by the flies and
wings of the stage. On the occasion
of big convention the stage scenery
and equipment can be elevated to a
.
converted into a huge convention hall,
with a balcony circling the whole
structure and a large gallery at both
ends In preparation for the rostrum
platform Will be erected at the west
side of the auditorium with the seats
for the delegates and alternates, ex-
tending along the floor of the stage
proper. Upon the platform are 445 seats,
which will be reserved for the members
of the national committee and for the
guests of honor.
The number of seats on the rostrum
will be 1O1. Directly in front of the
chairmans platform the rostrum
will be four seats and tables for thu
noiseless telegraph instruments of the
news service. Additional room for
tn csc news services and for the tele
graph companies is arranged in the
basement. Desks and seats for the
newspaper men 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 800 seats in
this section, each seat having a space
"a inches wide.
Seats for the delegates in front of
The rostrum are arranged nearly in the
center of the building. The exact num-
Der of seats is 1905 and Immediately
behind this section are the seats of tn y
alternates, also 1905 in number. The
remainder of the first floor sections
will contain reserved seats for the pub
lie, there being total seating capacity
of 6006 for the main floor.
The front rows in the balcony and
gallery Will be reserved for the fami-
lies of the delegates, alternates and the
convention officers. The actual seating
capacity of the balcony will be 1926
and of the gallery 1889 This makes a
total of 11,521 seats, but at least zoe
more people can be accommodated in an
emergency. The auditorium is con-
structed' without pillars or posts to
obstruct the view and the acoustic
properties will be so perfect that
speaker can be heard from any part of
the building.
The auditorium will be fireproof, no
wooden material of any sort being used
in its construction, even the sashes In
the windows and the laths being of
iron.