GnR Playin in stadiums? (Highest Capacity)

[Soori]

what is the highest capacity in a gnr concert? i think its rock in rio in brazil i think!

[EFISH]

what is the highest capacity in a gnr concert? i think its rock in rio in brazil i think!

Yep, nearly 200,000 I beleive.

[dave-gnfnr2k]

The biggest non festival show I believe was this.
May 27th, 1992 - Biggest show of the tour so far, 75.000 people at the Cannstatter Wasen in Stuttgart, Germany.

[SPUNKY]

wot about the webley stadium gigs???

 

[Gagarin]

wot about the webley stadium gigs???

 

That was Wembly Arena recently =)

[A Private Eye]

wot about the webley stadium gigs???

 

That was Wembly Arena recently =)

Back in the UYI days GNR played to a full Wembley stadium twice I think, the capacity at those shows standing included must have exceeded 100,000

[TAP]

I think Wembley Stadium had a capacity of 72,000 for concerts.

[A Private Eye]

I think Wembley Stadium had a capacity of 72,000 for concerts.

That was it's capacity for football etc with just seats. Surely the capacity increased for concerts when you had thousands stood on the pitch?

[TAP]

I think Wembley Stadium had a capacity of 72,000 for concerts.

That was it's capacity for football etc with just seats. Surely the capacity increased for concerts when you had thousands stood on the pitch?

No, because the stage end of the stadium is closed off. There are fire regulations too, I've been to a couple of sold out shows there, and there's definitely
room to fit more people but they aren't allowed to.

[A Private Eye]

I think Wembley Stadium had a capacity of 72,000 for concerts.

That was it's capacity for football etc with just seats. Surely the capacity increased for concerts when you had thousands stood on the pitch?

No, because the stage end of the stadium is closed off. There are fire regulations too, I've been to a couple of sold out shows there, and there's definitely

room to fit more people but they aren't allowed to.

Ok fair enough, I'm surprised though I would have thought the people standing would have more than made up for the closed end but I guess not 

[TAP]

I couldn't find anything definitive but attendances for both the Mandela concert in '88 and Live Aid in '85 seem to have been 72000. As a comparison (though not a great one since they put seats on the floor) Giant's stadium in NJ has a capacity of 80,000 for Football but The Rolling Stones played a soldout show to around 60,000 last year.

[the dirt]

This has nearly nothing to do with NEWGNR, dead horse.

[Dr. Blutarsky]

Personally I hope they dont play just stadiums when CD takes off. Smaller venues=better show.

[estebanf]

The biggest non festival show I believe was this.
May 27th, 1992 - Biggest show of the tour so far, 75.000 people at the Cannstatter Wasen in Stuttgart, Germany.

Estadio River Plate - Buenos Aires, Argentina
December 5th and 6th, 1992
80,000