Xcel Energy Center GOP Convention Transformation: Wk. 2 VIDEO

Check out the progress from the second week (7/28/08 - 8/1/08). This was a week of lights as the rigging for the convention lighting was set in place.

behind-the-scenes, time lapse video of the ongoing transformation of the Xcel Energy Center into the podium for the Republican Party's nomination of Sen. John McCain.

In the two weeks since work began at the venue, workers have modified more than 30 suites into media studios, installed nearly 25 miles of cable and began rigging the trusses that will hold lighting, speakers and other production equipment.