The Pepsi Center hands over the keys to construction teams for the Democratic National Convention Committee at 8 a.m. Monday, and the on-the-ground, multimillion-dollar race to transform the arena into a convention hall by Aug. 25 begins, report Chuck Plunkett and Elizabeth Aguilera [1].

Standing inside the Pepsi Center not long after Denver won the bid, the facility's general manager, Dave Jolette, waved his hand at the vast space in something like awe, or maybe fear. "The transformation," he said, "will be enormous."

Below is a fly-by, from various angles, of the Pepsi Center via Google Earth.