It was probably an intern. The big shots are given the good seats on "press row" and twiddle their thumbs in front of their open laptops.
That's too darn funny. I need to send this to our Mayor. He could use this for leverage in something I'm sure. Maybe to get better tickets. J/K.
We don't call it "The A{T}L" for nothing.
(A/K/A "The City Too Busy To Ha{t}e" for us oldtimers)