Capacity Crowds...

[PCP]

Apologies if this info is readily available anywhere - if so please point me in the right direction.

I was wondering about the capacities of the stages. Obviously it isn't an exact science, but for a fairly full headliner how many people would be able to fit in the pyramid field? What about the other stages?

Anyone have any idea?

[future_shock]

I couldn't say for sure myself but from what I've gathered round here it really depends on who you are arguing with .

[mccdyl001]

This is totally guessing numbers out the air, but I'd estimate these:

Pyramid: 80,000-100,000

Other: 40,000-60,000

Jazz: 5,000-10,000

[fatyeti24]

This is totally guessing numbers out the air, but I'd estimate these:

Pyramid: 80,000-100,000

Other: 40,000-60,000

Jazz: 5,000-10,000

[PCP]

This is totally guessing numbers out the air, but I'd estimate these:

Pyramid: 80,000-100,000

Other: 40,000-60,000

Jazz: 5,000-10,000

[LondonTom]

This is totally guessing numbers out the air, but I'd estimate these:

Pyramid: 80,000-100,000

Other: 40,000-60,000

Jazz: 5,000-10,000

[Zacko]

Seem to remember someone saying Kasabian had 80,000 watching them last year? How they work that out is beyond me but it seemed like a reasonable shout I suppose.

[Savy]

there was a fair few more than that there to watch Rolf last year.

[fatyeti24]

Yeah, seem to recall having read somewhere that the he had about 10-12k people there before police closed off the area and stopped allowing people in. I got there at 11 that day to watch the couple of other acts before Rolf so I could be at the front, lying back with my many Brothers cider in the sweltering heat soaking up the rays. Stood up for the first time as he came on, looked behind me and had a jaw-dropping moment when I saw the fookin enourmous amount of people who'd turned up. One of my festival highlights for sure!

[PCP]

Yeah, seem to recall having read somewhere that the he had about 10-12k people there before police closed off the area and stopped allowing people in. I got there at 11 that day to watch the couple of other acts before Rolf so I could be at the front, lying back with my many Brothers cider in the sweltering heat soaking up the rays. Stood up for the first time as he came on, looked behind me and had a jaw-dropping moment when I saw the fookin enourmous amount of people who'd turned up. One of my festival highlights for sure!

[malfy]

sure Neil Diamond shouted theres 105,00 here in when he played the pyramid in 1998

[Kyelo]

sure Neil Diamond shouted theres 105,00 here in when he played the pyramid in 1998

[malfy]

sorry should be 2008..wot was that about spliffs

[Dukeicon]

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[PCP]

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[Bort]

There's no way the Peel tent holds 10,000 people. It's tiny! If you go 20 rows back from the stage, you're outside!

Edited February 13, 2010 by Bort

[TheBoyInTheBubble]

There's no way the Peel tent holds 10,000 people. It's tiny! If you go 20 rows back from the stage, you're outside!

[Toilet Duck]

It's the width not the length that counts though.

[Mardy]

not tiny is it, I read somewhere it's the biggest marquee in the country or something, I reckon it'd hold 7000

[paulo999]

I seem to remember a figure of 8500 - it's certainly a monster size.

[Paul ™]

not tiny is it, I read somewhere it's the biggest marquee in the country or something, I reckon it'd hold 7000

[beamends]

Here's what the Festival people say, not exactly fully-detailed (I can imagine why they might not want to hand out precise figures) but it provides point of reference for the other stages.

"Sorry, I do not know, for it depends how far back (and sideways) you reckon a stage audience ends, and also things like what the crowd is doing (ie standing, or sitting, or dancing. As a rough measure it is reckoned that the Pyaramid arena up to Furlonger Lane is able to comfortably hold 60,000 to 80,000.

In peace, Infoman"

Edited February 14, 2010 by beamends

[TheBoyInTheBubble]

I think the John Peel stage looks far bigger when shown on television than when you're in there. That doesn't help coordinate ideas on what the capacity of it is, but I just thought I'd mention it.

[mikeb]

I recently stumbled across this while researching other things:

The combined arena space at Worthy Farm can evidentially comfortably cope with the numbers applied for, should, exceptionally, all ticket/pass holders be on site at the same time. Using the industry standard formula, the Pyramid Stage arena can hold in excess of 90,000, the Other Stage almost 40,000, the Jazz Stage some 25,000. These venues can more than comfortably accommodate the licensed numbers.

Edited February 14, 2010 by mikeb

[Zacko]

Seem to remember reading the Chemical Brothers had the biggest ever Glastonbury crowd in 2000 or something, 110,000 I think it might have said. I could be mistaken though so someone correct me if I am.