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To: A.Hun
That means capacity on the Mall is at least double the ticketed areas on the chart.

Yes, the mall also includes the public area shown on the chart. The public area was being used for other events on Saturday. The rally consumed much of the ticketed area - which can hold 240k according to the chart - but the portion of the ticketed area represented by the rectangular field remained largely unpopulated.

The rectangular field appears to be about 1/4 of the ticketed area, so it would seem fair to say that about 180k rally members were on the mall. I recognize that the event was dynamic - people were walking along Pennsylvania Avenue and coming and going all day - so the actual number of participants will be higher than the number on the mall at any given time. How much higher is anybody's guess, but I would think anyone who says the crowd was a couple of hundred thousand is not too far off.

61 posted on 09/14/2009 8:42:12 AM PDT by KevinB (Those who love sausage and respect the law should never watch either being made.)
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To: KevinB
but I would think anyone who says the crowd was a couple of hundred thousand is not too far off.

Agreed.

74 posted on 09/14/2009 9:14:53 AM PDT by A.Hun (Common sense is no longer common.)
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