DU compiled a list of facts and figures from the first presidential debate:
1: Presidential Debate at the University of Denver
2: Miles of security fencing
3: Outstanding local bands performing at DebateFest
3.2: Gigawatts needed to back up all technology (enough to power 3,200 homes)
6: Major networks covering the Debate
6: Miles of I-25 closed
7: Percent increase in @uofdenver Twitter followers in one week
8: Months planning and installation with CenturyLink telecommunications timeline (But ... 48 hours: Time for CenturyLink to remove telecommunications)
12:Food trucks at DebateFest
17: Romney surrogate signs spotted in Spin Alley (5 spotted Obama surrogate signs in Spin Alley)
24: Percent increase in Facebook.com/UofDenver "Likes"
30: Booths in "spin alley"
45: Degrees of temperature change during Debate Day (high of 79 at 2 p.m., 61 at debate start, down to 54 at debate finish, 34 at midnight - source: National Weather Service)
50: Booths in Issues Alley in DebateFest
55: Rent-a-Center television sets placed in Hamilton Gym
56: Miles of electric cable laid
109: The number of programs, lectures and events in Debate Event Series from Oct. 31, 2011 to Oct. 3, 2012
300: (give or take) DU students in the Debate Hall
400: Number of University of Denver alumni hosting debate-in-a-box parties (more than 3,300 attendees, from 40 states and five countries outside the U.S. : Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, South Africa and Israel).
650: Individual work stations inside media filing station
700: Foreign journalists (representing 4 countries)
850: (plus or minus) Volunteers to help run the show
1,000: (plus a few more): Seats in the Debate Hall
1,300: Specially installed phone/ethernet ports
3,000: Credentialed media inside the perimeter
5,000: Estimated guests at Debatefest
25,000: Attendees (approximate) at Debate Event Series events between January 2012 and Debate Day
100,000: Feet of CenturyLink wire (enough to wire a small town)
10,300,000: Debate-related tweets during the 90 minutes of the debate
52,400,000: Estimated number of viewers watching in the U.S. (source: Politicker.com)
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