Quote Originally Posted by jcole View Post
When I was a kid, late 60's/early 70's, they used to say that there was over a million at the fireworks. Downtown would get shut down at about 5 in the afternoon, Belle Isle earlier than that. They literally shutdown the freeways coming in to the city with cop cars parked across them.
Hoedown at Hart Plaza in the mid to late 80's ran about a quarter million people
As has been stated, these non ticketed events are often greatly exaggerated. Hart Plaza when empty of tents, stages, etc. can hold about 40,000 people.