Talk:El Paso County Coliseum

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Question of Capacity

This page is currently protected due to a spike in vandalism beginning on February 12th, which coincided with President Trump's visit to the venue. Owing to the frequency of vandalism from a number of anonymous commentators, I requested page protection. Among those edits, considerable attention has been paid to the question of the venue's capacity.

Prior to the most recent flurry of edits, the page stated that the venue had a seating capacity of 6,500 (see December 28th version here), which seems to be reflected in current reporting in regards to the maximum building capacity the fire department has set for the venue.

In one of the edits from February 12th, an anonymous user provided a link to a US Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration "El Paso Case Study" from 2008, which lists "specially designed facilities with event days generating crowds of more than 10,000 people." This document states that "El Paso County Coliseum is a 5,250-seat multi-purpose arena in El Paso. The Coliseum opened in 1942 and can be adapted to seat up to 11,000 for concerts." Note that this user did not actually add this reference to the document, instead including it in their change notes.

Given that the interior of the Coliseum has a large floor space for rodeos and the like, it is likely that the number of seats in the venue can change based on how the floor space is utilized. This information may be worth mentioning in the article.

Note that the info box field specifically states seating capacity, not standing capacity; if individuals were allowed to stand, and there was no enforcement of fire code, the venue could likely hold even more people. This stated, given that the fire code seems to be the current dictator of the number of seats allowed in the venue, and given that the more recent stated fire department limit seems to be 6,500, which also happens to be the limit that this page listed before that information suddenly became politicized, I propose to keep the seating capacity at 6,500, as it currently stands. AlexDitto 01:32, 14 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]