Video & Multimedia
In reply to the discussion: ***60,000**** !!!!!!! Bernie's LARGEST rally ever in Oakland -- 60,000 people!!!!! [View all]passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)Standing room only, assume a person takes up 2 sq feet (that's more than generous), and that puts a possible 80K people that can fit in that space. Now it doesn't look that big to me, but the plaza is not just the triangle...it incorporates some of the adjacent streets (and Bernie always has an overflow crowd). I think 60K people could easily fit with overflow in areas beyond the triangle. 3000 people in a 160.000 sq foot area is 53 sq foot per person. Sure doesn't look like there is that much space around each person.
Are you sure you know what you are talking about?
The Oakland Police estimated a crowd of over 20K, and that was from the lines before the plaza was opened. 60K sounds high to me, so I'd be interested in where that number came from.