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Roughly 200,000 people showed up to honor the late Charlie Kirk at his memorial service at State Farm Stadium on Sunday, filling the venue completely to capacity.
The Arizona Cardinals stadium has a capacity of 73,000 people, the New York Post reported, with organizers being forced to turn away tends of thousands of people from across the country who traveled to Glendale to celebrate Kirk’s life.
After the stadium doors opened at 8:00 AM local time, guests poured into the venue wearing their “Sunday Best” with red, white, and blue colors at the request of Turning Point USA.
The stadium quickly hit capacity, with video footage released to X by Turning Point USA showing no empty seats in the entire stadium.
Additional attendees were sent to the nearby Desert Diamond Arena, home to the NHL’s Phoenix Coyotes, with a total capacity of 20,000 people.
Speakers at the memorial included President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance. Many members of the president’s cabinet were also in attendance, including Attorney General Pam Bondi, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Education Secretary Linda McMahon and War Department Secretary Pete Hegseth.
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who briefly led the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under the Trump administration, was also in attendance.
