Houston Press: Bernie Sanders Event Bumps to Bigger Venue

[Faryn Balyncd]

Bernie needs a bigger building.....Democratic Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders' scheduled campaign event in Houston has moved from the 1,500-capacity Cullen Performance Hall to a much larger venue, Hofheinz Pavilion.....The 45-year-old multi-purpose arena at the University of Houston will host the 73-year-old Senator from Vermont this Sunday at 7 p.m., after Sanders appears at a rally in Dallas earlier that day. Hofheinz Pavilion seats 8,479 people.

The town hall meeting is part of Sanders' southwestern road trip through traditionally Republican stronghold states. His event Saturday in Phoenix was also moved to a larger venue to accommodate an anticipated big crowd. Sanders' campaign platform is focused on improving income inequality, protecting the environment and removing big money from politics....Since announcing his presidential campaign in May, Sanders has steadily surged in early Democratic nomination polls, topping out at 17 percent in a Monmouth University poll released Wednesday. Sanders still trails heavy favorite Hillary Clinton by about 34 percent.

Admission to the town hall meeting is free and seating is first come, first served. You can find more info here.


http://www.houstonpress.com/news/bernie-sanders-event-bumps-to-bigger-venue-7600331

The Details
Houston Town Meeting at 7pm on July 19 (Town Meeting)

Please join Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and local leaders for a town meeting to discuss how we:

Get big money out of politics
Deal with obscene wealth and income inequality
Combat climate change
Make college education affordable

Doors open at 6pm.
Time: Sunday, July 19, 2015 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM CDT
Host: Bernie Sanders
Location: Hofheinz Pavilion (Houston, TX) ....3875 Holman Street ....Houston, TX 77004



https://go.berniesanders.com/page/event/detail/townmeeting/4jv59

(Despite total silence from www.chron.com )

[Bjorn Against]

1. If he can even fill up arenas like this in red states the billionaires will go into panic mode

Let's not forget that the campaign is signing up volunteers at all these events. They got hundreds of people to volunteer at the Minneapolis rally and we have a very strong organization in our state because of it. Each one of these rallies means more boots on the ground for the campaign.

[daleanime]

2. Sweet!

[sabrina 1]

5. Nothing succeeds like success. And this has been an amazing campaign

so far.

[SoapBox]

3. Go Bernie Go!

[JDPriestly]

4. Thanks. More good news. Can't wait until the 29th.

[Babel_17]

6. People are stoked for having an accessible candidate

He's not just some photons emanating from the TV, and spouting canned homilies processed and vetted by teams of spin doctors and pollsters.