Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's big speech on Thursday night will be delivered from an elaborate columned stage resembling a miniature Greek temple.

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Some 80,000 supporters will see Obama appear from between plywood columns painted off-white, reminiscent of Washington's Capitol building or even the White House, to accept the party's nomination for president.

He will stride out to a raised platform to a podium that can be raised from beneath the floor.

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Once Obama speaks, confetti will rain down on him and fireworks will be fired off from locations around the stadium wall. http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN2636979020080826