A friend of mine (a hardcore Trump supporter) was in downtown Houston this afternoon (Fri-10/25) a few blocks away from where Kamabla was holding a "rally" at the Shell Energy Stadium, which was scheduled to start at 7:00pm CT. He heard about what was going on from someone and drove over to the arena to check out the crowd. Beyonce was expected to perform (an obvious attempt to try and get anyone to actually show up, IMO) before Kamabla took the stage.

But then Beyonce DIDN'T even sing/do a concert there - LOL! Can you imagine how pissed some of those attendees were?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/10/25/beyonce-kamala-harris-houston-rally-updates/75829404007/

My friend got to the arena on 10/25 around 2:30pm CT or so (approx. a half hour before the doors opened at 3:00pm), so he got to see how long the line was and how full the parking lot was at that time. He said he was surprised that he could drive up near the entry/doors and not have to park very far away.

He estimated between 1K to 2K people waiting in line (total ballpark guess), who were standing outside with no shade on an 88 degree afternoon. I asked if he saw any buses in the parking lot and he didn't notice any, but he didn't drive around the whole arena - just saw the front.

Side note: I met an election worker tonight (a total Trumper) who lives in Wharton county (42K population), which is about 20 miles SW of Houston. We were standing in line at a store and she told me she loved my purse (which is covered all over with Trump faces). So I struck up a conversation with her and found out she's working the polls and got some scoop re: voter turn-out in her county.

She said their polling places in Wharton county have been jam packed all week, way beyond anything they've ever seen. Her impression is that it's a massive Trump voter turn-out there, which is always wonderful to hear. =-)