Oncenter
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Oct 16, 2026
speaker_22AUDIENCE
Uh, well, yes it was.
speaker_22AUDIENCE
It was, uh, uh, 5,000 people at the Oncenter.
speaker_22AUDIENCE
Of course, security was, uh, very, very, uh, strenuous, and we had to wait for the motorcade to leave, but it was great.
Jeff GrahamHOST
That's good.
Jim ReithHOST
Do you really?
BillHOST
Any kind of, you know, if it's like the Oncenter, if I'm doing an event with them, uh, Syracuse, Hotel Syracuse, you have to, we have to have our own, um, hold harmless.
Jim ReithHOST
Insurance.
Jim ReithHOST
Wow.
Eric ReinhardtCORRESPONDENT
In Syracuse, I'm Eric Reinhardt for the New York Public News Network.
Michaela SingletonHOST
Meanwhile, the president's visit drew a crowd of protesters even bigger than his audience inside the Oncenter.
Michaela SingletonHOST
The New York Public News Network reporters Bryson Pace and Jack Watson report on the people's perspective from outside of that GOP rally.
Elizabeth DeFranciscoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Donald Trump has got to go.
Jeff GrahamHOST
If you're headed down to the 'Cue today to see the president, be prepared for some traffic.
Jeff GrahamHOST
They're, uh, saying a lot of road closures, uh, around the Oncenter.
Jeff GrahamHOST
Um, I think the doors open around 2:30 or 3:00.
Jeff GrahamHOST
His speech isn't until 7:00.
Tanya J. PowersCORRESPONDENT
Trump and Blakeman appeared together in the summer for an event on Long Island, but it's the first trip to Syracuse for the president in the past decade.
Tanya J. PowersCORRESPONDENT
The rally is being held at the Oncenter, which seats around 7,000.
Tanya J. PowersCORRESPONDENT
Just 4 out of the 16 local GOP candidates and party leaders in Onondaga County plan to attend the rally, with some of the absent citing previous commitments with work, campaigns, family, or the local Apple Festival, according to the Post Standard.
Tanya J. PowersCORRESPONDENT
Trump's approval rating is just 34% in New York State, according to the latest Siena poll.
David ZirCORRESPONDENT
And there'll be several thousand protesters here from Ind- Indivisible Onondaga and the CNY Solidarity Coalition.
David ZirCORRESPONDENT
Uh, so roads are blocked off as well, uh, around the OnCenter.
David ZirCORRESPONDENT
Seats 5 to 7,000 people.
David ZirCORRESPONDENT
We expect a big turnout.
Jeff GrahamHOST
Um, obviously, um, big event tomorrow in Syracuse.
Jeff GrahamHOST
That's not too far away from us, and that's the President Donald Trump is visiting the Oncenter, um, for a rally at around 5:30 in the evening.
Jeff GrahamHOST
So I, you know, I'm not going to it.
Jeff GrahamHOST
I don't know if any, any of you are going.
18 MINS LATER
GaryAUDIENCE
I'd, I'd like to see that.
Jeff GrahamHOST
Yeah.
Jeff GrahamHOST
Now, the event is being held at The Oncenter.
Jeff GrahamHOST
I don't really know where that is.
JoshHOST
Um, but-
CodyHOST
The Oncenter.
JoshHOST
It's gonna be at The Oncenter.
CodyHOST
It'll be, yeah.
JoshHOST
800 South State Street.
JoshHOST
So that should be okay.
CodyHOST
But, you know, ar- around it, you're-
JoshHOST
But in and around the Oncenter, man.
Jim ReithHOST
Boy, I'll tell you what, I don't know.
Jim ReithHOST
So Friday, the president is coming to town, uh, to the Oncenter.
Jim ReithHOST
Uh, I don't care whether you like the president or dislike the president and his policies like we do, um, it's still, you know, a, a cool kind of thing when a president comes to your city, so.
Bill AliHOST
I was trying to, uh, e- explain that to my 14-year-old who, uh, kind of likes to just parrot things, and she's, "Oh my God, I can't believe he's coming." And I'm like, "Listen, it's not often you get your...
Jim ReithHOST
[laughs]
Bill AliHOST
[laughs] Let's be honest.
Jim ReithHOST
So it's at the Oncenter, and it's in the, um, exhibition hall, so, you know, they couldn't put him in the War Memorial 'cause you can't do 10,000.
Jim ReithHOST
The 10,000 people would not show up.
Bob LonsberryHOST
Don Trump coming to, uh, Syracuse on Friday.
Bob LonsberryHOST
Uh, it's gonna be at the Oncenter.
Bob LonsberryHOST
You ever go over there, catch a, uh, a hockey game, such like that, maybe a concert? Uh, it's for free.
Bob LonsberryHOST
Uh, I have a link to where you can get, uh, uh, four passes at, uh, Bob Lonsberry on X and Facebook.