{"id":441291,"date":"2025-09-21T16:25:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T16:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/441291\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T16:25:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T16:25:11","slug":"charlie-kirk-latest-thousands-enter-stadium-for-charlie-kirk-memorial-where-trump-will-lead-tributes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/441291\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Kirk latest: Thousands enter stadium for Charlie Kirk memorial where Trump will lead tributes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What you need to know about Kirk&#8217;s memorial servicepublished at 14:15 BST<\/p>\n<p>14:15 BST<\/p>\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Charlie Kirk speaking at a political rally\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4ab2f717-8033-40b9-83bc-1929df083ea0.jpg.webp.webp\"  width=\"5425\" height=\"3051\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The doors of the venue for today\u2019s memorial service are expected to open at <b class=\"ssrcss-cgjb6m-Keyword e2vephq0\">08:00 local time (16:00 BST)<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The programme is set to begin at <b class=\"ssrcss-cgjb6m-Keyword e2vephq0\">11:00 local time<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The memorial is being held at the home of the American football league NFL\u2019s Arizona Cardinals in State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, which can seat more than 63,000 people &#8211; expanding up to 73,000 for major events like today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The organisation says those paying tribute to Kirk on stage will include his wife, Erika, as well as members of the Trump administration, including US President Donald Trump and Vice-President JD Vance. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Guests have been required to register with Turning Point USA, with attendance on a first come, first served basis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">For those unable to attend in person, the memorial is also being live-streamed via Kirk\u2019s social media account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What you need to know about Kirk&#8217;s memorial servicepublished at 14:15 BST 14:15 BST Image source, Anna Moneymaker\/Getty&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[12,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-441291","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115243222706449197","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}