Nothing against Rod Stewart or the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, but the Chicago Cubs just passed you guys into a tie for sixth place on the list of largest human gatherings in the history of the world.
The City of Chicago estimated that 5 million people gathered at Grant Park for a rally to celebrate the Cubs World Series title, which would also be the world’s largest gathering of port-a-johns. They hauled them in from neighboring counties and states, I’m assuming. And the area could be smelled from outer space.
By comparison, Stewart’s famous 1994 concert in Brazil drew 3.