750,000 Fans Overwhelm Milwaukee for Brewers Title Parade
The crowd size equals 13% of Wisconsin's total population and likely sets a state record for single-day events.
By Hiroshi Sato ·
Residents and visitors packed Milwaukee streets and Henry Maier Festival Park on Friday, Oct. 30, for the Brewers World Series championship celebration. The Milwaukee Police Department estimates that more than 750,000 people attended either the parade or the rally.
This turnout represents nearly one-and-a-half times the population of the city of Milwaukee, which stands at 560,000 according to U.S. Census data. The figure also equates to nearly 13% of the total population of the state of Wisconsin, which is 5.9 million.
Police officials stated that preliminary research indicates this may be the largest crowd for a single-day event in state history. For comparison, the NFL Draft in Green Bay last year attracted approximately 600,000 people, but that figure was spread over three days.
The scale of the gathering far exceeds previous championship celebrations. The Los Angeles Dodgers, who won the World Series last year, drew around 250,000 fans to their event. Los Angeles has a population roughly 6.7 times larger than Milwaukee's.
The crowd size dwarfs other major Wisconsin communities. Madison has a population of 285,000, Green Bay has 105,000, and Kenosha has 100,000. Racine and Waukesha have populations of 75,000 and 70,000, respectively.
The Milwaukee Police Department provided the attendance estimates and cited U.S. Census data for population figures in its report on the event.
Source: FOX6 Milwaukee
