Stage Sizes

[Ali___]

Reading the Doves thread, it appears there's going to be a worrying amount of people turning up on the Friday night to see them. Which got me wondering, what are the capacities of each stage? Does anyone know?

[pezzypops]

i think the capacity for the pyramid field is 90,000 people. don't know about any others.

at a guess i'd say the other stage is 30,000 and jazzworld 5,000? this sound about right to people?

[tylerdurden]

Still annoys me the fuss about Doves. Christ.

More space for Neil though

I'd say Pezzypops has had a very good guess.

[pezzypops]

done a little bit of maths, there's 177,500 people there with 135,000 paying punters = 42,500 staff/performers.

if half the staff/performers are onsite but not working (the other half either offsite or working onsite) then we have a crowd of 156,250 (135,000 + 21,250).

so 156,250 - 90,000 - 30,000 - 5,000 = 31,250 split between the other stages and at campsites.

that sounds about right to me for a total guess

Edited April 25, 2009 by pezzypops

[Mardy]

yeaj=h, I'd go with that, maybe a few less on the pyramid, a few more on the other stage (80,000/40,000)?

[Paul ™]

But how many are allowed in the arena?

[BlackHole2006]

The Pyramid can hold around 75,000 people, The other up to 40,000 which is about the same size that reading and leeds mainstage can hold. The john peel probably up to 10,000 which is probably the same size as the brixton academy. This is just a guess but I know for a fact that glastos main stage can hold more than reading and leeds main stage can hold just to give you an idea of the sheer size of the place. I'm not saying that that by any means states that Glasto is better than reading and leeds because I have never been but Glasto is genuinely bigger.

Cheers,

BlackHole2006

[r0cky]

If the Pyramid area is ~13 acres (~50,000m^2), and with a "safe" crowd density of 2m^-2, that's 100,000. Now the crowd will be much more dense towards the front, and less at the back.

[Wanderlei]

i think the capacity for the pyramid field is 90,000 people. don't know about any others.

[freeak]

i think the capacity for the pyramid field is 90,000 people. don't know about any others.

at a guess i'd say the other stage is 30,000 and jazzworld 5,000? this sound about right to people?

[BlackHole2006]

The Jazz field must be able to hold alot more than 5,000 people

[Chimps in Balaclavas]

I lose count after 30 odd people.

[tylerdurden]

Well, its a known fact that the Reading and Leeds main stages are the same sizes as Glastonburys Other Stage, in fact they actually hire Glasto's Other Stage, EXACTLY the same one, As their main stage hahahaha.

So, That should give people an idea of scale.

AND... Glastonbury is FARRRRRRRRRRRRR better than Reading or Leeds, thats for your info BlackHole

[Paul ™]

Well, its a known fact that the Reading and Leeds main stages are the same sizes as Glastonburys Other Stage, in fact they actually hire Glasto's Other Stage, EXACTLY the same one, As their main stage hahahaha.

[BlackHole2006]

AND... Glastonbury is FARRRRRRRRRRRRR better than Reading or Leeds, thats for your info BlackHole

[bobby 11]

Well, its a known fact that the Reading and Leeds main stages are the same sizes as Glastonburys Other Stage, in fact they actually hire Glasto's Other Stage, EXACTLY the same one, As their main stage hahahaha.

[paulo999]

ISTR that the expanded JP was 8k last year. I'm sure when I last went in 2005 it was waaay smaller!

As to it being rammed for Doves, I'm really not sure. Their fanbase seems to be big, but at the same time nearly invisible (if we forget the thread here ). But with a new album, good reviews, and a very strong loyalty amongst the committed, it could well be mega busy.

On the other hand, 8k though... 1 in 20ish... Seems like a tall order.

[toffeeal68]

The Jazz field must be able to hold alot more than 5,000 people

[r0cky]

Of course it does must hold 10,000 easy its def bigger than the john peel tent

[paulo999]

Jazz World area is ~4.5 acres (~18,000 m^2), so on the "safe" crowd density of 2m^-2, that's 36,000.

Edited April 25, 2009 by paulo999

[r0cky]

36k sounds alot. Did you factor in the dead space? Loads of it there (stalls both sides, and a central path).

Am at the pub using my phone, so I can't do any measuring

Edited April 25, 2009 by r0cky

[paulo999]

GlastoEarth acreages are total field, excluding tree lines.

20k seems like the right ballpark

[Joshuwarr]

These are my guesses:

Pyramid Stage - 80,000

Other Stage - 45,000

Jazz World - 20,000

John Peel - 8-12,000

The Park - 2,500

etc.

[somecoolusername]

The Pyramid can hold around 75,000 people, The other up to 40,000 which is about the same size that reading and leeds mainstage can hold. The john peel probably up to 10,000 which is probably the same size as the brixton academy. This is just a guess but I know for a fact that glastos main stage can hold more than reading and leeds main stage can hold just to give you an idea of the sheer size of the place. I'm not saying that that by any means states that Glasto is better than reading and leeds because I have never been but Glasto is genuinely bigger.

Cheers,

BlackHole2006

[pezzypops]

As to it being rammed for Doves, I'm really not sure. Their fanbase seems to be big, but at the same time nearly invisible (if we forget the thread here ). But with a new album, good reviews, and a very strong loyalty amongst the committed, it could well be mega busy.