re: #135 Killgore Trout

His conclusions are so far from the official estimates that he just can’t be taken seriously. It’s just mumbo-jumbo. When I look an freedomworks own picture of the event that crowd looks like it could fit in a small basketball arena. That’s about 60-80,000. It’s just common sense.

KT FYI

Madison Square Gardens

Seating in the present Madison Square Garden is arranged in six ascending levels.
For hockey, the Garden seats 18,200; for basketball, 19,763; and for concerts 20,000 center stage, 19,522 end-stage. The arena features 20,976 square feet (1949 m) of arena floor space.

What is the largest crowd to ever attend a NBA game?

Over 61,000 saw the Pistons and Celtics play in 1988.

60,000 to 80,000 doesn’t make sense with your analogy of an average basketball game.