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NEW YORK — In a break with tradition, Barack Obama will accept the Democratic presidential nomination in Denver at Invesco Field at Mile High, a 76,000-seat stadium, instead of at the Pepsi Center, site of the party's national convention.

"For us to be able to do it in Invesco Field is an opportunity for 80,000 people who might otherwise not have been able to participate to get involved," Obama said in St. Louis.

With the move, Obama will emulate John F. Kennedy, the last candidate in either party to deliver an acceptance speech in a large, outdoor stadium before a crowd of tens of thousands. Kennedy spoke at the Los Angeles Coliseum in 1960.

The decision was announced as party Chairman Howard Dean batted away questions about delayed work and reported cost overruns at the Pepsi Center, where Democrats will hold their convention Aug. 25 through 28.

Last month, the convention's host committee reported it was nearly $12 million short of the $40.6 million it had pledged to raise for the effort. Host committee members spoke openly of needing the Obama campaign's help to close the gap.

Dean said the convention was operating on budget, and Obama senior adviser Anita Dunn said the campaign was helping.

The airplane carrying Obama made a precautionary landing in St. Louis on Monday after the crew had a problem keeping the nose up on takeoff from Chicago.

The plane, an MD-80 Midwest charter, struggled to keep the nose at the necessary angle as it left for Charlotte, N.C., the pilot said. Later, Midwest Airlines said the problem developed because an emergency slide in the tail cone of the plane deployed in flight and never threatened the safety of the flight. The National Transportation Safety Board said it planned to investigate the incident.

The Illinois senator and a small entourage eventually left the plane to wait out the maintenance at a local hotel; the North Carolina trip was postponed. But he called the Charlotte event to apologize for his absence and to summarize his speech on the nation's economic woes.

Obama had two fundraisers in Atlanta scheduled for Monday evening.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is hitting the road to campaign for Obama.

Villaraigosa will travel to Washington today to introduce the Democratic presidential candidate at a League of United Latin American Citizens convention.

The mayor is one of the nation's most prominent Hispanic politicians, and his appearance can help Obama build ties within the Latino community. Hispanics are the nation's fastest-growing minority group.

Villaraigosa had supported Hillary Rodham Clinton, but since her withdrawal from the race he has thrown his backing to Obama.