Democratic Party presidential candidate Kamala Harris and running mate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz held a rally in Glendale, Arizona outside of Phoenix at the Desert Diamond Arena Friday night that was only partially filled, with large sections blocked off. But that didn’t stop Harris from lying that her rally was “the largest in Arizona political campaign history.”
Viral photo from the Harris-Walz rally at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona shows empty sections of seating blocked by black curtains as well as empty club level sections, August 9, 2024.
The Desert Diamond Arena has a capacity of 20,000. The Harris campaign dubiously told reporters attendance was 15,000 when videos show about one-third of the arena’s seating was blocked off in the upper deck and two club level sections.
While 12,000, or even the claimed 15,000 would be a good crowd, it is not the record and not even close to capacity.
In 2016, then candidate Donald Trump held a rally in Prescott Valley, Arizona that drew 20,000 supporters according to police.
Photos and video posted by reporters and the Harris-Walz campaign show massive black curtains blocking thousands of empty seats almost completely around the upper deck of the arena along with empty club level sections.
Video posted by Jessica Swarner with the Copper Courier taken from the only open to seating upper deck section shows that three upper deck sections were either curtained off or left empty:
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