Crowd waits outside Madison Square Garden hours ahead of Donald Trump rally
MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) -- Around eight hours before Donald Trump's campaign rally starts, a crowd has already amassed outside Madison Square Garden Sunday morning.
The rally is expected to kick off around 5 p.m., but roads were already closed around the stadium early Sunday morning, and security was in place.
Before 8 a.m. Sunday, huge crowds of supporters in American flag and Trump merch lined the block around the venue.
Counter-protesters are expected to demonstrate at Sunday's rally, including billboard trucks and a town hall organized by the Lincoln Project. Organizers with Jews for Racial & Economic Justice also planned to protest the event.
When the rally was announced, local elected official Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal called for it to be canceled.
“This is a disastrous decision by Madison Square Garden that will endanger the public safety of New Yorkers and has the potential to incite widespread violence,” Hoylman-Sigal said in a post to X.
A rally for Trump on Long Island in September drew huge crowds that camped out overnight and throughout the day of the rally.
The following streets are expected to be closed Sunday for the Donald Trump rally:
- 33rd Street between Sixth Avenue and Eighth Avenue
- 32nd Street between Sixth Avenue and Seventh Avenue
- 31st Street between Sixth Avenue and Eighth Avenue
- 30th Street between Sixth Avenue and Eighth Avenue
- Seventh Avenue will be closed to pedestrians from 34th to 29th Street
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