Preparations Underway for Apple’s “Let’s Rock” Event on Tuesday, September 9

It won’t be long now before Steve Jobs takes the stage at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, California, to host the special press event titled “Let’s Rock“. The activities will begin at 10 a.m. San Francisco, California, time.

Blogs are a-buzz with speculation, leaked product sketches, and now with photos of the flurry of activities already underway at the Yerba Buena Center, where Apple staffers, TV crews and a large number of security guards are very busy.

The iPod poster, showing the iconic iTunes dancer, now hangs over the Center’s facade. Security is everywhere. Guards stand at every single one of the center’s doors, which makes one wonder: is this only an iPod refresher event? Or does Apple have something entirely new up its sleeve? A carefully guarded TV truck with a large satellite is already stationed at the center. San Francisco police are staked there as well.

Leander Kahney, of cultofmac.com offers us a series of photos that show the heightened activities around the center, and writes, “Though Apple has held special events at the Yerba Buena center before, the preparations for Tuesday’s event seem more elaborate than just a new iPod nano would warrant.”

For those interested in what has become a tradition: the Keynote Bingo game, be sure to check out cultofmac for a bingo card and information on how to play along during Jobs speech.

To see the photos, see this page.

And don’t forget to check back with us for news and reviews of the event as it unfolds, as well as for access to new products as they become available.