Today is the final day of the Democratic National Convention, when Hillary Clinton will accept the party's nomination for president. Hargrove served as the general contractor for the convention and shared some staggering figures behind the event production.
More than 300,000 square feet of tenting
A media tent that is 60 meters wide (or approximately 200 feet wide)
More than 42 miles of cabling
More than 1 million LED lights installed
500,000 square feet of graphics
4,500 seats removed from the Wells Fargo Center
1,834 seats installed at the Wells Fargo Center
5 miles of fence and bike rack
More than 200 tractor-trailer loads of equipment
57 delegate signs
214 American flags
12 megawatts of power used, or enough to power 2,000 homes
Custom graphics at 92 hotels around the area
![For the after-party, Event Eleven built three 30-foot pagodas and hung 300 lanterns from the ceiling. They also brought in a 20-foot-tall bonsai tree and a variety of 30-foot red maples, along with other greenery and foliage. '[It all] helped create the organic atmosphere and helped transport guests into a gardenlike room,' said Schubert.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2024/02/Shogun.41_f.65dba8f23433b.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
