The same set team that designed Britney Spear's last tour has constructed the enormous, Greek-columned stage where Barack Obama will officially accept the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday, The New York Post reports.

The set, which was reportedly designed to resemble the White House and Lincoln Memorial, was built inside the 75,000-seat stadium -- Invesco Field at Mile High in Denver -- under the direction of Bobby Allen, Spears' former staging manager.

"We would have expected to read something like this in The Onion. Fortunately for us, it's true. Unfortunately for Obama, it's true," a McCain adviser told the paper.

The elaborate set design has prompted ridicule from the McCain campaign and other Republicans, who mocked its ornate lay-out. The McCain campaign was quick to release a memo calling it the "Temple of Obama" and the Republican National Committee dubbed it "Barackopolis."

"It's only appropriate that Barack Obama would descend down from the heavens and spend a little time with us mere mortals when accepting the Democratic nomination," RNC spokesman Danny Diaz told the Post.

But Spears' stage manager defended his design, telling the paper it in no way represents the Acropolis.

"We've done Britney's sets and a whole bunch of rock shows, but this was far more elaborate and complicated and we had to do it in far less time,"  Allen said. "The biggest challenge has been making sure we don't damage the playing field underneath."

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