Tickets available for Obama’s North Las Vegas rally on Thursday
President Barack Obama's rally in North Las Vegas on Thursday will be outdoors at the Cheyenne Sports Complex near the College of Southern Nevada's Cheyenne campus, the campaign announced on Monday.
Doors will open at 11:30 a.m. for the event, which is free and open to the public.
Obama's visit will come the day before early voting ends in Nevada ahead of the Nov. 6 election.
The Silver State is one of nine swing states that will determine whether Obama wins a second term or is replaced by his GOP challenger, Mitt Romney. Recent polls show the president barely edging Romney in Nevada, and Obama's visit this week signals the state remains an election battleground up for grabs.
Obama and Romney also have been sending surrogates to promote early voting in Nevada.
Today , Romney's son Josh and U.S. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., planned to campaign in Battle Mountain, Elko and Ely to boost turnout in GOP-leaning rural Nevada. Republicans are hoping get as many votes as possible outside Clark County to overcome the Democratic advantage in populous Southern Nevada.
The Obama campaign planned on Tuesday to start distributing free tickets on a first-come, first-served basis with one ticket per person. Ticket distribution will continue on Wednesday as well, starting at 8 a.m. each day.
Below are the ticket distribution office locations with closing times:
■ College of Southern Nevada-Cheyenne (open until 9 p.m.), June Whitley Student Center, 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., North Las Vegas.
■ Green Valley Obama campaign office (open until 9 p.m.), 2925 Green Valley Parkway, Henderson.
■ East Las Vegas Community Center (open until 9 p.m.), 250 N. Eastern Ave.
■ Obama campaign office in Summerlin (open until 9 p.m.), 7469 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 170.
■ Lone Mountain Plaza, trailer in parking lot (open until 6 p.m.), northwest corner of West Lone Mountain Road and North Decatur Boulevard, North Las Vegas.
■ Doolittle Community Center (open until 6 p.m.), 1950 J St.
■ Cardenas Market (open until 7 p.m.), 4421 E. Bonanza Road.
Contact reporter Laura Myers at lmyers@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-2919. Follow her on Twitter @lmyerslvrj.
