First posted: 4:43 p.m.
Latest update: 5:10 p.m.
Available tickets for Sen. Barack Obama’s election night rally at Grant Park in downtown Chicago appear to have come and gone quickly on Tuesday.
The link to register for a free ticket was sent to Illinois supporters this afternoon (this reporter received it at 2:30 p.m.), but as of 4:35 p.m., the sign-up page redirects to a wait list.
A staffworker from the press office at the campaign’s headquarters — who declined to give her name because she is not an official campaign representative — said around 5 p.m. that she had not yet heard about this development, but if the Web site said there was a waitlist, then there was a waitlist.
The event will take place on Grant Park’s Hutchinson Field, with gates opening at 8:30 p.m. on November 4.
According to the invitation, “an official printed ticket is required for entrance”, and each ticket will be valid for two people. Tickets will be e-mailed out prior to election night. Security will include metal detectors and bags will not permitted inside the park.
Clarification: The original version of this article gave an incorrect title for a staffworker for the Obama campaign.