DENVER (AP) -- The race to get the Pepsi Center ready for the Democratic National Convention starts tomorrow morning, when the arena hands over the keys to construction teams for the Democratic National Convention Committee.

The convention begins August 25th in Denver.

Already, workers have been clearing equipment and furnishings from the building's retail stores, storage areas and locker rooms for the Denver Nuggets and the Colorado Avalanche.

Convention organizers still have to lay miles more of communications cables, transform suites into broadcasting booths, and add up to 300,000 pounds more lighting and speakers.

That's not the end of it. After the convention, teams have just 18 days to turn the Pepsi Center back into a sports arena.