Gothamist: Storied Central Park Concert Crowds Were Simply Made Up

dan_greenberg1500

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:05:11 -0500

I was at that Garth Brooks concert and the one thing that I remember is leaving and trying to catch a subway back to downtown. They had every freakin' station closed due to capacity. So those numbers may be spiked, but there was a TON of people there.

Rocknrope

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:50:09 -0500

Garth who?

blablanyc

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:36:01 -0500

I have an idea. Since most people carry cell phones and mobile carriers can tell where you are at all times, why don't we just ask the mobile carriers how many people were in the area at the time? Why not?

blablanyc

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:32:10 -0500

Really? You mean to tell me Garth Brooks didn't draw 750,000 fans in NYC? I'm shocked.

heythere

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:27:46 -0500

There have been many huge concerts at the park. Paul Simon, Garth etc etc. Who knows how much they got? Just take a look at some of the crowd shots, there must be hundreds and thousands of people at least at some of the larger ones. Heck, Garth's concert basically had the whole meadow full. It reminded me of some of the huge concerts in Hyde park in London. I guess to get an exact number you would have to print out tickets or something.

Tgirl

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:19:06 -0500

Garth's gigantic ego superseeded the crowd size

matty

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:09:33 -0500

This is an interesting article. The taste of Chicago attracts "millions" of visitors over the course of the week but I guess I have no idea how many 1 million people actually is.

Peter

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:04:50 -0500

Skeptical of the gargantuan attendance claims for Pasadena's annual Tournament of Roses parade, some researchers estimated the square footage available for spectators along the parade route, crunched some numbers, and determined that if the claimed numbers actually did show up for the parade it would be the most tragic disaster in American history. Tens of thousands of people would die from crushing and suffocation.

dimshine

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:29:18 -0500

shocking that the cops wouldn't put effort into their jobs like that, isn't like them at all...

SP

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:07:57 -0500

Seriously. Thats fucking ridiculous. The entire population of Manhattan is only 1.5 million. You couldn't fit half the people here on the great lawn. Completely idiotic.

Kojak

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:55:51 -0500

"Garth Brooks reportedly drew 750,000" You don't need to do research to figure out that is a false statement.