20-30,000 at Raleigh Wide Open?
How many people will be there Saturday night when Fayetteville Street is reopened in downtown Raleigh? Here’s two educated guesses I heard downtown tonight. Greg Hatem, the prolific downtown developer, said 20,000. Dan Douglas, director of the city’s Urban Design Center, said 30,000. Or more. It could be huge.
July 29th, 2006 22:45
[…] Was Fayetteville Street always such a wind tunnel? The gods smiled on it tonight, sending the rain north and south, while blowing a steady 15-20 mph breeze from the south to cool the crowds. How many came? Could it possibly have been the 20,000 - 30,000 so boldly predicated here two nights ago by our downtown gurus, Hatem and Douglas? […]