DENVER -- The DNCC let in more than 100 bloggers into the Pepsi Center to help cover the Democratic National Convention. But a few blocks away 500 bloggers from 40 states will have their own party with beer and pizza.

Thursday, the Alliance for Sustainable Colorado gave local reporters a chance to see the inside of the still-under-construction Big Tent.

More like a white two-story temporary building, the 5,000-square-foot Big Tent will be the base of operations for many bloggers and a list of speakers that could give convention primetime organizers a run for their money.

Link: Full Schedule of Events

Organizers say construction will be complete by Sunday with an all-day list of speakers including energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens, Bobby Kennedy Jr., New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas and Huffington Post founder and editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington, to speak through convention week.

"The idea was to have a tent with pizza, beer and WiFi for bloggers," said Jen Bruenjes, a contributing editor for the Web site Daily Kos.

Bruenjes said the tent will be a place for bloggers who didn't get credentialed for the DNC to gather and write.

The tent will be in place for "new media journalists, bloggers, reporters and non-profit leaders covering the Democratic National Convention," said Aaron Nelson, project director for Alliance for Sustainable Colorado.

The Big Tent is a joint project with the Alliance for Sustainable Colorado, DailyKos and ProgressNow, Nelson said.

The public will be able to watch the events online at Ustream.tv, said Nelson.

Tech-savvy Denverites looking for some free refreshment will also be able to visit the Big Tent Google Retreat for a free smoothie (in a biodegradable cup -- part of the Alliances environmental sustainability goals) and YouTube kiosks to upload their own viral videos.

The Big Tent is all about grouping the so-called new media into one room.

Rapidly growing among young people and college students, bloggers have become a source of political opinion and a unfiltered look at big news events like the DNC.

"Readers are hungry for more than 30 second sound-bytes," Bruenjes said.

The Big Tent will start running full time Monday morning with events lasting through the convention.