Former President Donald Trump will hold a rally at Madison Square Garden (MSG) in New York City this month, Fox News Digital has confirmed.
The rally is scheduled to be held on October 27, just nine days before Election Day, multiple sources told FOX News Digital.
The event will be held on a first-come, first-served basis, and camp officials are expecting a large number of participants.
“Just like Coachella and other upcoming events, MSG is adding some very large venues because there is a lot of interest in participating in the event,” a campaign source told Fox News Digital.
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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on September 18, 2024 in Uniondale, New York. (Getty Images)
MSG is a 19,500 seat venue.
This is the second time Trump has held a large rally in New York state.
Former President Donald Trump will hold a rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City this month, Fox News Digital has confirmed. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)
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President Trump held a rally last month at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, Long Island. More than 60,000 tickets were requested, but the venue only has 16,000 seats. Thousands of supporters who were not allowed into the venue watched his speech on a large screen outside.
President Trump also held a rally over the summer at Crotona Park in the Bronx, which had a permit for 3,500 people. The New York Post reported that the Bronx rally drew up to 10,000 supporters.
Aerial view of Madison Square Garden and skylights at Moynihan Station on September 19, 2020 in New York City. (C. Taylor Crothers/Getty Images)
Meanwhile, Mr. Trump has drawn large crowds to his recent rallies, with more than 20,000 people attending his second rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, over the weekend.
The campaign also said the former president's rally in Wildwood, New Jersey, in May had more than 100,000 attendees.
Signs from the Trump rally in Wildwood declare the historically blue state of New Jersey “Trump Country.” (Fox News Digital Image Direct)
Home of the New York Knicks and New York Rangers, The Garden hosted the Republican National Convention in 2004 and the Democratic National Convention in 1924, 1976, 1980, and 1992.
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“I'm going to fix New York,” Trump said during a campaign stop in an upper Manhattan shopping district earlier this year.
Entrance to Madison Square Garden. (Joan Slatkin/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
“We're going to intervene. First of all, we have to stop crime. And we're going to let the police do that job. We have to give the police back the power. They have to stop crime. “We have to do our job,” Trump said. “And we're going to go into New York. We're going to make big plays for New York and other cities as well. But this city, I love this city.”
President Trump said New York has gotten “much worse over the last three, four years.”
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“And we're going to fix New York. So if I run for president, we're going to hit New York hard. We're going to win New York,” Trump said.
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump headlines a rally at the Nassau Coliseum on September 18, 2024 in Uniondale, New York. (Julia Bonavita/Fox News Digital)
The New York Post first reported that President Trump would hold a rally at MSG.
Deeply blue New York is unlikely to turn red in the White House race, but another rally in the state could help dent votes as Republicans seek to maintain their House majority in November's election. be.
