Elvis Presley | Pennsylvania Sports Arena, April 5, 1957
Source: The Tampa Daily Times (1956) | FECC
November 3, 2024
George Klein: When we got home, Gladys said, 'Elvis, what happened in Philadelphia? What happened in Cleveland, What happened in Chicago? Elvis said, 'Mama, I can't remember anything, it's all a blur, all these places look alike to me, George knows everything about every show in every city, ask him'.
- 2,300 Fans, 130 Cops Turn Out for Elvis Here.
There must have been about 60 of us (the President wouldn't have drawn a bigger press conference) sweltering in a side room at the Arena, waiting for Elvis.
In the auditorium a disappointing crowd of about 2300, (about one-third capacity) was on hand for the first Philadelphia appearance of the singer. What this audience may have lacked in size and maturity it more than made up in noise and sustained frenzy.
The President couldn't have been given better security arrangements. The photographers, newsreel cameramen, reporters and the TV and radio interviewers first trooped to the Arena's publicity quarters. There they were given personal cards to enable them to get past the gauntlet of police guarding the conference room.
The police precautions were elaborate. Inspector Maurice Pilner had 65 foot traffic and highway patrolmen on hand. Capt. Harry Fox, of the Juvenile Aid Bureau, marshaled a squad of 50 plainclothesmen and 15 police women in the hall.
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