Yeah. They need to fill up those seats early simply for optics. Place attendees there to begin with, then shuffle them to another place when the VIPs show up.
Agree. The speaker who just finished (ahead of Donald Trump, Jr) said that this rally was going to be filmed to show it as “the model rally” for the campaign year, I think he meant.
Hopefully this film will be made after all the VIP seats are filled.