Trump visited Tulsa on Saturday for a rally. His campaign estimates almost twice attended as the fire department’s estimate. See crowd photos and details here.
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President Donald Trump visited Tulsa, Oklahoma on Saturday night for a highly controversial June 20 rally. The rally was originally scheduled for June 19, but it was rescheduled so it wouldn’t take place on the same day as Juneteenth. The rally had a much smaller turnout than expected, although thousands still attended. Read on to learn more and see crowd and overflow photos from Trump’s Tulsa rally.
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The BOK Center (Bank of Oklahoma Center) has a seating capacity of about 19,199 for a central stage setup. For a basketball setup it’s 17,839, and it’s 17,096 for a hockey setup. In 2018, BOK Center was ranked the #7 arena in the United States and one of the busiest concert destinations by Pollstar.
But Trump’s rally on Saturday night didn’t even fill half of the venue’s capacity, according to the fire department. The Tulsa Fire Department estimated the crowd size as being about 6,200 as of 7:30 p.m., The Hill reported. Andrew Little, the public information officer for the Tulsa Fire Department, said the number accounted for scanned tickets and didn’t include media, campaign staff, or people in box seats.
Trump’s campaign told The Hill that about 12,000 walked through metal detectors. So that’s a large discrepancy between the fire department’s tally and Trump’s campaign’s tally.
More than two hours from the rally’s start time and the lower part of the venue was already filling up, shared Keaton Ross of Report4America.
We’re now two and a half hours away from Trump’s scheduled arrival, and the lower bowl is starting to fill up.
