Quote Originally Posted by Geoff Withnell View Post
Defining how to do the count is an issue. I doubt if GMHG had more than about 15,000 at any one time on the mountain, but a lot of one day attendees come and go. I did a crowd count estimate of the audience at the Saturday night "Celtic Rock" concert, and got an estimate of 8200.
That is very true, especially now with most of the mult-day events selling multi-day passes. Does that count as one person or three "attendances" (one for each day). I know at the NHHG we usually see about 8,000 on Friday, as many as 15-20,000 on Saturday and 10-15,000 on Sunday - depending solely on the weather. These numbers are on the upswing after a peak in the 90's (Braveheart effect), a drop off in the mid 00's and have rebounded nicely since. When we get a really nice clear, cool September Saturday in the White Mountains the attendance is huge.