Even so, it was still not clear to many in the enormous horde of spectators -- unquestionably the largest golf crowd ever -- that this tournament was to be, essentially, a match between Palmer and Player.

* 1979: A concert with Jean Michel Jarre on the Place de la Concorde in Paris attracted one million people, securing an entry in the Guinness Book of Records for the largest crowd at an outdoor concert.

Craven Cottage held the team's largest ever crowd at any ground with 15, 013, at a game against Wakefield Trinity on 15 February 1981.

The massive stadium did, however, permit the Indians to set the then record for the largest crowd to see a Major League baseball game.

The game was played before 80, 227 fans, to date the largest crowd to see a single regular-season Major League Baseball game.

* On December 31, 1994, the New Year's Eve celebrations featured a Rod Stewart concert, which featured 3. 5 million, making it the largest concert crowd ever.

This phenomenal turnout of fans who witnessed Damon Bailey's Bedford-North Lawrence Stars win the State Championship stands as the largest crowd ever to witness a high school basketball game.

The 2010 NBA All-Star Game was held at Cowboys Stadium in front of the largest crowd ever, 108, 713.

In 2012, Sydney Swans took the premiership cup defeating Hawthorn by 10 points front of 99, 683 people at the MCG, the largest crowd the Swans had ever played in front of.

The tour included five shows in Argentina, one of which drew the largest single concert crowd in Argentine history with an audience of 300, 000 in Buenos Aires and two concerts at the Morumbi Stadium in São Paulo, Brazil, where they played to an audience of more than 131, 000 people in the first night ( then the largest paying audience for a single band anywhere in the world ) and more than 120, 000 people the following night.

The Panathinaiko Stadium, the only Olympic stadium used in the 1800s, overflowed with the largest crowd ever to watch a sporting event.

Unfortunately Henin had to pull out and Serena Williams replaced her as the match was played in front of the largest crowd ever for a single match, beating the attendance set at the Battle of the Sexes.

The Spurs set several NBA attendance records while playing at the Alamodome, including the largest crowd ever for a NBA Finals game in 1999, and the Spurs continue to sell out the smaller, more intimate AT & T Center ( formerly SBC Center ) on a regular basis.

The Thunderdome crowd of 28, 183 for the April 23 playoff game against the Flyers was the largest crowd for any NHL game, a record that stood until the 2003 Heritage Classic in Edmonton.

The attendance at the game was 93, 103, setting a record at that time for the largest crowd to attend a Major League Baseball game.

The largest crowd ever seated for a college football game at the stadium was 80, 470 for the 1999 Fiesta Bowl, where the Tennessee Volunteers beat the Florida State Seminoles, 23-16 on January 4, 1999 to win the National Championship.

Norman performed a fifteen minute set before his largest ever crowd at the eight hour Jesus Music Festival that attracted an estimated 180, 000 people to a speedway at the uncompleted Woodall Rodgers Freeway near Dallas, Texas.

The Philadelphia Wings defeat the New Jersey Saints 17-11 at the Spectrum before a crowd of 14, 903, the largest of 1987.

At the Fast Day, 7 October 1857, he preached to the largest crowd ever – 23, 654 people – at The Crystal Palace in London.

Organizers of the games said they considered the protests to be a non-event and that the Crystal Lake crowd was one of the largest at any July 16 event.

The King Frost Parade has been a presence in the town ever since and boasts the title of “ Largest Fall Extravaganza Parade on the East Coast .” With an average crowd of 20000 and a budget over $ 30000, this is one of Hamburg ’ s largest public events.

The following evening they played Bradenton, Florida at Lamade Stadium before the largest crowd ever to watch a Non-championship game.

The largest crowd for a Challenge Cup final at Wembley was set in 1985 when Wigan beat Hull F. C.

At that time it was the largest number of people to ever watch a cricket match anywhere in the world.

In November 2011, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association announced a new energy efficiency initiative that commits the largest cable operators to the purchase of set-top boxes that meet Energy Star standards and the development of sleep modes that will use less energy when the set-top box is not being used to watch or record video.

An estimated 500 million people worldwide watch in awe as Neil Armstrong takes his historic first steps on the Moon at 02: 56 UTC, the largest television audience for a live broadcast at that time.

Today, the Swatch Group is the world's largest watch company.

* ASUAG, formed in 1931, was the world's largest producer of watch movements and the parts thereof ( Balance wheels, Balance Springs ( Spiral ), Assortments, Watch Stones (" rubis ").

The largest are Art Basel, an art show for Modern and contemporary works ; and BaselWorld, a major watch and jewellery show.

That game would draw the largest crowd ever in WNBA history ( 22, 076 came to watch ).

The game was held at Cleveland's Municipal Stadium and featured the second-largest crowd to watch an All-Star Game ( the largest was in 1935 at the same stadium ).

* December 13 – The largest crowd in the sport's history, 78, 129, packed Ford Field in Detroit to watch Michigan State and Kentucky.

The Sydney Swans v Collingwood AFL match at the Stadium on Saturday 23 August 2003 set an attendance record for the largest crowd to watch an AFL game outside of Victoria with 72, 393 spectators ( near capacity ) attending and was the largest home-and-away AFL crowd at any Australian stadium for 2003.

Rolex is also the largest single luxury watch brand, producing about 2, 000 watches per day, with estimated revenues of around US $ 3 billion (£ 1. 75 ) ( CHF3. 02 billion ) ( 2003 figures ).

He soon became its principal owner and, under his watch, it became the tenth largest privately owned insurance brokerage firm in the nation.

* August 9, 2007 – David Beckham debuts for the MLS LA Galaxy, losing to home team D. C. United before a sellout crowd of 46, 686 fans, the 4th largest to watch MLS at RFK Stadium.

Supporters point to the many development projects completed or planned under his watch, including the restoration of City Hall and historic waterfront buildings ; the setting in motion of one of the city's largest ever mixed use development projects in Mission Bay, and the development of a second campus for the University of California, San Francisco.

On November 6, 2004, 10, 587 fans watched the Gophers complete the sweep of the arch-rival Wisconsin Badgers, the largest crowd to watch a game at Mariucci Arena.

Thousands of people gather near Yagi's Oi River Bridge to watch the fireworks show, the largest of its kind in Kyoto Prefecture.

The largest use for jewel bearings is in mechanical watches, where their low and predictable friction improves watch accuracy as well as improving bearing life.

It was a fantastic occasion, as a 5, 000 strong crowd ( the largest ever to watch a rugby union game in North London at the time ) came to watch a magnificent contest, ending Saracens 34 International XV 34.

With 14, 000 fans in attendance, this game at the time was the largest crowd ever to watch an international rugby game in the US.

This was the largest crowd to watch a game in the Warriors ' 61-year history, and also the largest crowd to ever watch a basketball game in the state of California.