On July 22, 2005 it hosted President George W. Bush when he spoke to an invitation-only crowd about changes in Medicare.

The swearing-in will take place immediately afterward at the state convention center before an invitation-only crowd of about 2,500, Mr. McKeon said.

The Microsoft Corporation is about to give an invitation-only crowd of 40,000 a glimpse of the company's new-media strategy.

Last night, another invitation-only crowd watched the premiere of "Primary Colors," the big-budget adaptation of the best seller about a Bill Clinton-like governor's campaign for the Presidency.

Upstairs, on a private roof deck, an invitation-only crowd sipped Champagne and martinis against a skyline view of the Empire State and Chrysler Buildings.

Caesars Windsor reopened on June 19, 2008 and featured pianist Billy Joel who performed at the re-launch ceremonies to an invitation-only crowd.

They made the rounds of the invitation-only crowd.

"It wasn't a well-planned exercise," one of Mr. Bush's aides conceded after his appearance in New Orleans drew a small, relatively quiet, invitation-only crowd.

Still, the invitation-only crowd was relatively quiet compared with the raucous fans who usually attend games here.

An invitation-only crowd of 5,000 is expected, including 500 business leaders, politicians and Buddhists from Taiwan who chartered planes to get here.