Pokémon Go transforms Republican convention into gym full of rare catches

Reporters and attendees train Poki(C)mon between votes and speeches, stalking Poki(C)stops instead of delegates and dueling on the convention center stage

Texas senator Ted Cruz's incendiary rebuke of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on the stage in Quicken Loans Arena on Wednesday evening seemingly transformed the home of the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team into a gladiatorial colosseum, complete with screaming fans and enraged detractors.

But the greatest battle on the stage during the week of the Republican national convention may be for control of a different kind of stadium entirely: its Poki(C)mon Go gym.