Donald Trump campaign rally does not fill Tulsa arena, and Twitter has sports attendance jokes

Tom Gatto

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Media, campaign operatives and citizens all tried to spin the turnout for President Donald Trump's rally Saturday night in Tulsa, Okla., but one thing was certain: There were still good seats available inside the 19,000-plus-seat BOK Center as Trump began speaking.

The lower bowl appeared to be close to full and there was a large gathering on the floor, but large portions of the upper deck were . . . not. There were many theories including COVID-19/social distancing concerns, a rescheduled date from the original June 19, the campaign's claim of protesters blocking the area outside the arena, and a reported TikTok/BTS ticket trolling scheme.  

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But in the interest of sticking to sports, this is the point in the article where we compile attendance-related Twitter jokes about the gathering.

NHL arenas get a few mentions at the start here:

And college basketball tournaments get some shoutouts, too:

Of course, this wouldn't be complete without a Mets joke, because Mets.

The .163 hitter would be Tim Tebow, of course.

Tom Gatto

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Tom Gatto joined The Sporting News as a senior editor in 2000 after 12 years at The Herald-News in Passaic, N.J., where he served in a variety of roles including sports editor, and a brief spell at APBNews.com in New York, where he worked as a syndication editor. He is a 1986 graduate of the University of South Carolina.