Oprah-Obama event moved to Williams-Brice Stadium

The Oprah-Obama event in South Carolina has gotten so big that the venue is now 80,000 capacity Williams-Brice Stadium. The enthusiasm in South Carolina is part of an early states surge for the Obama campaign with momentum gaining in Iowa, New Hamphire, Nevada and South Carolina. From the official Obama blog:

Change of Venue for Oprah-Obama Event

By Katharine Q. Seelye

How big is Oprah in South Carolina?

Williams-Brice Stadium (Photo: gamecocksonline.cstv.com)

Barack Obama’s campaign has just moved its Oprah event on Sunday from an arena in Columbia seating 18,000 to a football stadium with a capacity of more than 80,000.

Tickets, which are free, went quickly on Monday, when they were first available, and the campaign had to shut down its distribution system. Now, the campaign says, tickets aren’t even necessary, although it hopes people will RSVP through its Web site.

The new venue is Williams-Brice Stadium at the University of South Carolina. Doors open at 12:30 p.m., Eastern and the event starts at 2:30 p.m.

Click the image below to RSVP: