President Trump has booked a rally at the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York City. The arena rally, which will be a first-come, first-serve event, is scheduled for October 27th. Trump books MSG rally to kick off final stretch of 2024 campaign: sources https://t.co/JSlBb0y41P pic.twitter.com/6JlBlhB1pQ — New York Post (@nypost) October 9, 2024 BREAKING: President Donald J. Trump has officially booked Madison Square Garden for a major campaign rally in New York City. The event is scheduled to take place on October 27, just nine days before Election Day, according to the New York Post. pic.twitter.com/MheKMqufTL — Suburban Black Man (@niceblackdude) October 9, 2024 From the New York Post: Trump, 78, drew about 16,000 fans for a raucous rally at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, Long Island, last month. The former president’s Bronx rally over the summer brought up to 10,000 Trump supporters to Crotona Park, which had a permit allowance of 3,500 people. The World’s Most Famous Arena has the capacity to seat as many as 19,500 inside the main arena. The Garden — home of the NBA’s New York Knicks and the NHL’s New York Rangers — is no stranger to political gatherings. The venue hosted the Democratic National Convention in 1924, 1976, 1980 and 1992, as well as the Republican National Convention in 2004. One of Trump's final rallies for the 2024 election will be at Madison Square Garden, in the heart of New York City. MSG is considered the world's most famous stadium Every time Trump goes to New York, he gets funnier and more relaxed. It's his true home. pic.twitter.com/TVWfX7niGI — George (@BehizyTweets) October 9, 2024 Donald Trump is planning a rally at Madison Square Garden pic.twitter.com/I9tiiPDPGT — ALX (@alx) October 9, 2024 NBC New York reports: The rally will kickoff an “arena tour” for the former president who plans to visit battleground states in the final push before the Nov. 5 election, the campaign official tells NBC News. Trump teased a possible MSG rally in April. “We’re going to be doing a rally at Madison Square Garden, we believe,” Trump said at the time. “We think we’re signing Madison Square Garden to do. We’re going to have a big rally honoring the police, and honoring the firemen, and everybody. Honoring a lot of people, including teachers by the way.” “We’ll be honoring the people that make New York work,” Trump said.