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An estimated 750,000 people attended the Milwaukee Brewers' World Series championship parade and rally on Oct. 30, according to the Milwaukee Police Department. The department noted that the gathering could be the largest single-day event ever recorded in Wisconsin.
To put the magnitude of the crowd into perspective, consider that it could fill American Family Field, the Brewers' home stadium with a seating capacity of 41,900, nearly 18 times over. Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers and seating 81,444, would have been filled more than nine times. Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, with a capacity of 76,030, could have accommodated the crowd nearly 10 times.
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The estimated attendance of 750,000 is nearly 1.3 times the population of Milwaukee, which was estimated at 562,407 as of July 2025 by the U.S. Census Bureau. In other words, the celebration drew roughly 188,000 more people than live in the city. Relative to the entire state, the crowd equaled about 12.3% of Wisconsin's estimated 6 million residents as of Jan. 1, 2026, according to the Wisconsin Department of Administration.
Compared to other championship celebrations, the Brewers' turnout far exceeded previous Milwaukee sports parades. In 2021, more than 100,000 people gathered in and around the Deer District to celebrate the Milwaukee Bucks' NBA championship, and two days later, another 100,000 attended the Bucks' parade and celebration downtown. Back in 1982, an estimated 100,000 people attended the Brewers' parade following their World Series loss, with an additional 15,000 at a rally at County Stadium.
Even Los Angeles' World Series celebration for the Dodgers last year drew only between 225,000 and 250,000 people, according to a 2025 Fox 11 Los Angeles report. That is about 500,000 to 525,000 fewer than the Brewers' celebration, despite Los Angeles having a population roughly seven times larger than Milwaukee's.
Originally reported by yahoo.