Just over 15,000 people were in attendance to watch their favourite track and field stars. The event is the first World Athletics gold status event to be held in Botswana. The number is just a couple of thousand short of the Zebras versus Burkina Faso AFCON qualifiers match played in September 2015. The football remains the most attended sporting event in a stadium with 25,000 spectators.
Speaking to Monitor Sport, the FNB Botswana Golden Grand Prix's head of publicity, Calistus Kolantsho said the organising team intended to sell out the 23,000 capacity venue. He confirmed a sold-out VIP and Grand Stand setting while the general seating sold just 19,000 tickets. "This is the biggest ever, I think even for other sporting codes. We have gone beyond expectations. This is the first edition of the gold status meet and we still have two more years to prove ourselves," he said.
