Trump Madison Square Garden rally update: MAGA crowd starts to fill 20,000-capacity arena | 27 Oct 2024 | Donald Trump is preparing to speak to a packed crowd at Madison Square Garden with nine days left of the presidential election campaign. The former president will take the stage in deep-blue New York City, where he made his name as a real estate mogul and TV star on The Apprentice. The doors open at 12pm Eastern Time and the program of speakers including Elon Musk, J.D. Vance, Donald Trump Jr. and Tucker Carlson will begin at 5pm. MAGA fans lined up in their thousands overnight to listen to the Republican nominee make his final pitch to voters in what could be one of the closest elections in decades.