We told you the other day that Trump had to pick a bigger Houston venue for his Ted Cruz rally because they was getting a lot more signups than anticipated for their 8,000 seat venue. So they bumped it up to the Toyota Center which holds 19,000. And as we also pointed out, that’s well above average of what Trump normally seats for these campaign rallies.
Well it turns out the signups for the Trump/Cruz rally has exploded since we reported that and now there’s no way he can seat everyone in the Toyota Center:
FOX NEWS – At least 77,000 people have signed up for President Trump’s Houston rally on Monday to support incumbent Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, who is locked in the Texas Senate battle with Democratic Congressman Beto O’Rourke.
The Houston Chronicle reported that Houston police will be “fully mobilized” for the rally. Attendees must have tickets to enter and will be admitted in the order that they line up, the report said.
“Keep in mind that once the capacity is met, you won’t get in whether you have a ticket or not,” an officer said.
More than 77,800 people had signed up for the rally by Friday morning, according to The Chronicle. A person familiar with the event told the paper that the Trump campaign was not considering a move to a larger venue.
It’s been over 24 hours since they last checked, so who knows what the number would be now.
But it makes sense why they aren’t trying to move the venue again, as it’s just too close to the day of the rally which is Monday.
But wow, 77k sounds just fantastic. If this is representative of what’s going to happen on election day in Texas, Beta might lose by a landslide.