Dems downplaying Bank of America stadium name?

by: Matt

Tue Jul 17, 2012 at 23:43:33 PM EDT

Democrats are playing loose with the site of Obama's acceptance speech:

National Democrats have repeatedly touted their stand against taking corporate money for their convention in September, and so it was striking to see two emails from the DNC host committee referring to the Charlotte venue where President Obama will speak as "Panthers Stadium."

It's the place where the Panthers play, but it's actually called Bank of America stadium.

A recent email from the host committee signed by former Al Gore campaign manager Donna Brazile urged people to win a trip to Charlotte for the event, which will wrap "Thursday night at Panthers Stadium with President Obama."
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UPDATE: A host committee spokeswoman called to say that the stadium is referred to locally that way and that they've used Panthers and Bank of America interchangeably. -Politico

Now this is really Panthers Stadium: