Things could get interesting again tonight. After the fire martial shut down access to Pepsi Center last night, capacity issues may come to the fore.

For Hawaii, that’s not necessarily good news. On Monday, Hawaii initially had 29 seats and it has 29 delegates and two pages with floor credentials. It also has one designated blogger. Oh, oh. The math, and the power relations, were not in my favor.

But I have to give state party chair Brian Schatz lots of credit for being persistent in a chaotic setting where similar issues were coming up with many of the delegations. A folding chair was set up, there was some juggling around, and all was well, although some with temporary floor passes had to stand on the floor below the delegation.

In the end, I sat next to the Hawaii flowers which were displayed on the pole announcing the location of the HAWAII delegates. There was, as promised, a free electrical outlet and an ethernet cable for my use. Hopefully I’ll be there again tonight.

As interest and attendance builds, there could be seating issues anew this evening.

Maui delegate Kari Luna started the week with a very good excuse to go shopping. She and her family caught a direct flight from Kahului to Denver. All their stuff, including pineapples, arrived safely except for her suitcase. So here she was, convention starting, without even a toothbrush. Kari reports United was initially unable to trace her suitcase. I ran into her as she returned from shopping for essentials, including clothes to wear. She was in good spirits nonetheless. Her bag finally showed up Monday night.

Sometimes it pays to be mayor. Mufi Hannemann and his staff were able to land a block of tickets to Sunday night’s concert at Red Rock featuring Dave Matthews with Tim Reynolds, Sheryl Crow and Sugarland, courtesy of his relations with Denver’s mayor. By show time, tickets were trading hands for lots of bucks, so this was quite a coup.

I think the Hawaii delegation (along with Delaware and Arkansas) is housed farthest from downtown at the end of the light rail line to Lincoln (wherever Lincoln is). I ran into Rep. Hirono here on Sunday, so she may be in the hotel, but the rest of the Congressional delegation, as well as Mayor Hannemann, are staying in hotels closer to the action.

I didn’t see Rep. Neil Abercrombie on Monday night, but the rest of our Washington team were there at Pepsi Center.

Speaking of Pepsi Center, a Poynter Institute column questions whether we really need to keep plugging the product when writing about this venue.