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In its FEC filing, the host committee said it incurred $53.67 million in operating expenses and spent $53.86 million.
Most of that money went to pay expenses of the Democratic National Convention Committee, the party organization that staged the DNC. Nine percent of the host committee’s money went to pay its own expenses, which included salaries, marketing and staging various events off the convention grounds.
Convention expenses paid by the committee included $14.1 million for construction costs, including the stage and lighting, at the Pepsi Center and $5.3 million at Invesco Field.
And they aren’t finished paying yet:
The group said it has $7.1 million on hand but still is receiving invoices from contractors. It plans to file an updated report with those expenditures later.
5.3 million for Obama's Greek temple and you people are complaining of Palin getting dressed up as a potential VP should. And this from the people supporting the candidate who has raised and spent more money on his campaign than anyone else ever. I wonder what kind of good could have been done with all those