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Originally Posted by Oberon

Should be interesting, certainly.

Wonder if we'll see scenes like this:
I mean, those million bikers are going to have to park somewhere, aren't they?

Donald Trump said his inauguration would have "record-setting turnout," but a quick glance at bird's-eye photos of his event and Barack Obama's in 2009 shows how far that claim is from the truth. In recent days, various groups estimated that the crowd for Trump was likely to be between 700,000 and 900,000 people. In 2009, an estimated 1.8 million people flocked to the National Mall to watch the swearing-in of the nation's first black president. the thousands who’d flocked to the Mall extended less than half the distance to the Washington Monument. Attendees reported short lines at several security gates. Morning commuters to Washington talked of nearly empty cars on the D.C. subway.
An astonishing 10,000 charter buses applied for permits for Obama's event; for Trump's swearing-in, only 200 buses applied. In 2009, 98 percent of the city's hotel rooms were sold out. As of this Thursday afternoon, there appeared to be plenty ofhotel rooms available. And while Obama's inauguration was a star-studded event, many celebrities declined to perform at Trump's ceremony, leaving him with bands that have almost completely faded from memory.