The North Dakota Democratic Party announced ticket information Friday for Barack Obama's visit next Friday to the Alerus Center in Grand Forks.

The tickets are free and general admission. They are available online at: www.democrats.org/page/s/NDconvention.

Physical locations are being arranged for those without Internet access.

Obama, an Illinois senator and front runner in the contest for the Democratic presidential nomination, will be speaking at 5:30 p.m. Friday to open the state Democratic convention. The doors open at the Alerus Center at 3:30 p.m., and attendees will have to pass through security.

- Jonathan Rivoli