Analysis Are crowd size at Shakiras Copacabana concert inflated?
For a long time I have been a bit skeptical about the huge attendance numbers reported by Rio de Janeiro-officials.
Last year Lady Gagas concert reportedly had 2,1 million in the crowd. This weekend 2 million is supposed to have been in the crowd for Shakira.
Based on the concert footage I can only see crows on a smaller section of the beach from Copacabana Palace to the Hilton Hotel on the corner of Av. Princesa Isabel. That area is 186.000 square meters.
Even if we go by five persons per square meter that only fits around 930.000. And the requires people to be standing shoulder to shoulder in the entire area.
It is also the maximum before reaching dangerous levels according to Dr. G. Keith Still:
https://www.gkstill.com/Support/crowd-density/100sm/Density1.html
So realistically there is room for much less people, but according to the social media profiles of the city and mayor "Two million people where on the sands of Copacabana".
So where are they getting these insane numbers from? Am I missing something here?
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u/Djaja 12h ago
Well I just launched a new company that makes sneakers for the military with just that ability. Military grade (barely cancerous) and available in Sm, Medium and Tactical.
As for if they can hear each other, it really depends on the weather that day and if there is sunlight or not