Throughout the Milwaukee Bucks’ playoff run to the NBA Finals, viewers have been treated to plenty of crowd shots from outside Fiserv Forum.
The Deer District — the arena’s entertainment district — has essentially served as the city’s gathering spot for every game in the playoffs. But with a chance for the Bucks to win their first NBA championship since 1971, the Deer District expanded to an entirely new level.
The Bucks increased the Deer District’s capacity on Tuesday to around 65,000, and by the time tipoff came around, fans covered basically every corner of the Deer District. Many fans didn’t even have a view of the TV screen. They just wanted to be as close to the game as possible.
This was the scene
my god pic.twitter.com/2gXboYCpFD
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) July 21, 2021
Just, wow.
The crowd kept going. It didn’t matter that many of those fans were tucked in an alleyway besides The Mecca Sports Bar and Grill with little-to-no view of the screen. It was all about the atmosphere.
The Deer District right before tip!
📺 Game 6: 9pm/et on ABC pic.twitter.com/uQNbvyowwS
— NBA (@NBA) July 21, 2021
NBA fans had reactions
Seeing some “Toronto crushes this” stuff on the timeline. Nothing beats Jurassic Park, but this is still insane, and remember that Milwaukee has a quarter of the population of Toronto, in city and metro. This is the equivalent of having 250-300k outside SBA. Good for them https://t.co/HJxpYi5fq2
— Jeff Veillette (@JeffVeillette) July 21, 2021
This is insane! Deer District showed out! pic.twitter.com/kF6Xupq9Bm
— Justin Wills (@itsjwills) July 21, 2021
Prayers up for that one porta potty. pic.twitter.com/wGthkeZae6
— Andy Nesbitt (@anezbitt) July 21, 2021
Unbelievable! #DeerDistrict pic.twitter.com/k5VwwzP2dp
— Craig Coshun (@CraigCoshun) July 21, 2021
THE FOOTAGE OF DEER DISTRICT IS INSANE THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE IT LOOKS LIKE LIVE AID pic.twitter.com/DzTHeiYsjR
— 🦌 (@SnellSZN) July 21, 2021
Deer District looking like a megachurch prayer session pic.twitter.com/i5CTUBL6sN
— Isaac K. Lee (@IsaacKLee) July 21, 2021
The @DeerDistrict is PACKED!!! 😲 #FearTheDeer pic.twitter.com/qldejkTbuZ
— The Crossover (@TheCrossover) July 21, 2021
There are fields Neo. Endless fields. https://t.co/0WsGRjv10d
— Nate Duncan (@NateDuncanNBA) July 21, 2021
Wisconsin man https://t.co/mNfNU0zqTw
— Jake Morley (@JacobMorley) July 21, 2021
The entire city of Milwaukee is present this evening. Wow. https://t.co/gaDYNgR2Sr
— Matt Banks (@MLDBanks) July 21, 2021
