198000 capacity

[matt2007]

Just noticed this.........is this the increased numbers of staff & volunteers?

Sorry if I'm a bit slow

[5co77ie]

http://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/14/140306d.shtml

[Pinhead]

Unofficially it must have been around the 200K mark on site now anyway for the last few years, maybe more. I guess this just makes it official. Encouraging about the increase in Wednesday events. Makes perfect sense that they need more staff to cover shifts for what is now a 5 day festival.

[matt2007]

My team can be on site from the Saturday before and there all sorts of stalls etc open from Tuesday

[JBarbour]

http://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/14/140306d.shtml

Did they get the go ahead from the council for more Wednesday entertainment?

[5co77ie]

nope, definitely not - the only thing happening on a Wednesday is the eFestivals meet at the Ridge & Furrow. That's it there's nothing else going on anywhere else.

[LondonTom]

nope, definitely not - the only thing happening on a Wednesday is the eFestivals meet at the Ridge & Furrow. That's it there's nothing else going on anywhere else.

Nothing else worth going to anyway

[Pinhead]

Can't wait. Perhaps I might even try to turn up half sober this time....

[guypjfreak]

how many did they reckon were there in 2000 ?? cos that was too many plus thats when the council the old bill ect said enough enough ...........just thinking thats all

[willutalk]

how many did they reckon were there in 2000 ?? cos that was too many plus thats when the council the old bill ect said enough enough ...........just thinking thats all

I really don't know but I bet it was well well over its capacity. Like double. Actually it was:l!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1251089.stm

[donthaveacoolname]

how many did they reckon were there in 2000 ?? cos that was too many plus thats when the council the old bill ect said enough enough ...........just thinking thats all

I can't remember where I read it but I think I remember seeing estimates of anywhere from 250k to 350k but no one knows for sure

[tigertoo]

I was there the year before they built the new fence, and it did feel like double the numbers which at that time were about 100,000. it was absolutely rammed. Afterwards I remember a lot of talk of 100,000 tickets sold and another 100,000 got in over the fence. I know that doesn't take into account all the crew, but it's all anecdotal anyway.

[GlastoSimon]

2000 must have been horrendous if those estimates are true - there are times at the moment (albeit rare ones) where it feels a little bit tight for space. Getting away and into certain areas, big acts on Pyramid etc.

Edited January 15, 2015 by GlastoSimon

[donthaveacoolname]

2000 must have been horrendous if those estimates are true - there are times at the moment (albeit rare ones) where it feels a little bit tight for space. Getting away and into certain areas, big acts on Pyramid etc.

Every time any act finished on the pymamid from mid afternoon on was like a headliner finishing now, you just had to go with the flow, it was my first so I still thought it was magic, I was right and still is

[scorp]

2000 must have been horrendous if those estimates are true - there are times at the moment (albeit rare ones) where it feels a little bit tight for space. Getting away and into certain areas, big acts on Pyramid etc.

"Horrendous" wouldn't be what I'd call it, but I wasn't camping on site. The weather was good, if my memory serves me, and everybody, me included, were intent on having a good time. So they/ we ... did.

[matt2007]

2000 was packed but I don't remember it being dangerous...the crowd for Bowie on the Sunday was huge.

Does anyone know if there is a reliable calculation of crowd numbers for the pyramid field acts anywhere?

[stuartbert two hats]

There's been a lot of infrastructure work to the site since then too. Luckily it was a dry one, so the drainage didn't matter, but the bridges were much smaller and the slope from the Other field to the railway line has been much improved. I'm sure there are other improvements I've not thought of.

[glasto-worker]

2000 was a right pain in the arse and I was lucky as I had a back stage pass so most of the time I was able to avoid the crowds.

Just getting from Point A to point B was a huge challenge if it was against the flow of the crowd or trying to cross over .

Our crew Camp was next to the Cinema field and overlooking the John Peel Stage and that path from the Pyramid stage to the John Peel Stage was like Oxford Street at Christmas.

If I was not working there I reckon I would have left early.

[FuzzyDunlop]

That line up isn't half good though (with thd exception of Travis)

Edited January 16, 2015 by FuzzyDunlop

[annax]

I would.

[eFestivals]

That line up isn't half good though (with thd exception of Travis)

all festie line-ups always look better with hindsight, as many of the bands that were smallish at the time will have got bigger.

[TheNewUnion]

Who did the special guest turn out to be?

[Dave F.]

As said, no one really knows the true figure. At a guess I'd go for 250k. In all my times there it's the only one where I've felt slightly worried about the safety of myself & others. It was a real struggle to get around & how I managed to squeeze into the field via the top track for Bowie is anyone's guess.

Thankfully the weather was OK, but any incident needing emergency services could have been disasterous. I know there a some who still don't like the super fence, but it really had to happen.

[matt2007]

Good stuff on Jazz world

[stuartbert two hats]

Who did the special guest turn out to be?

Embrace, according to Wikipedia