Trump And O’Reilly ‘History’ Tour Struggles With Low Attendance

Thousands of seats went unfilled at the first two events of the tour, which featured former President Donald Trump and Fox News host Bill O'Reilly.

President Donald Trump catches a baseball thrown by former New York Yankees pitcher Rivera on July 23, 2020 in Washington. Drew Angerer is the photographer.

The images are from the same company.

According to the records reviewed by theOrlandoSentinel, only 5,406 tickets were sold for an event at the Amway Center this past Sunday.

The upper bowl of the arena, which is the home court of the NBA's Magic, was covered by a tarp, and both numbers are well below the listed capacity of 8,700.

Photos from the tour's first event, last Saturday at the FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Florida, suggested attendance also struggled, even after organizers there decided to close off the top bowl and "upgrade" tickets purchased in those areas for access to lower sections, the South Florida Sun-

Resale tickets were going for as little as $40 the day of the event, though the prices for the events ranged from $100 to several thousand dollars.

Forbes asked for comment from representatives for Trump.

The tour will end on Sunday at Dallas' American Airlines Center.

The "History Tour" was announced in June, and has featured on-stage conversations between Trump and O'Reilly, the disgraced former host of Fox News' O'Reilly Factor who was fired by the network after a series of sexual harassment allegations. O'Reilly threatened to sue the reporter who wrote the story after he published a story about organizers having trouble selling tickets for events. During his presidency, Trump often belittling opponents whose rallies failed to attract as many supporters, because he was enamored with the large crowd size of his events. Trump's rallies have been free.
There was aContra.

The "History Tour" would be one of the most lucrative of all time, according to O'Reilly.

The Trump-O'Reilly event sold just 5,406 tickets, despite predictions of sellout.

The report says that upper-deck ticket holders were upgraded to fill the lower bowl of the Florida Panthers arena.