Massive Fence Spotted Being Set Up Outside Of State Farm Stadium Where Charlie Kirk’s Memorial Will Be Held

Charlie Kirk’s memorial may be one of the most secure events in United States history.

Throughout the week, the Secret Service, the DHS, and Arizona law enforcement officials have been working around the clock to secure the event, which will include dozens of high-profile U.S. officials, including President Trump and Vice President JD Vance.

On Saturday, videos surfaced of metal fencing being placed around State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, where Kirk’s memorial will be held.

Take a look:

🚨 MANY people have been reaching out to me concerned about the security situation at Charlie Kirk’s memorial Sunday in AZ

This is by FAR the most secure event I’ve ever been to in my life. Including inauguration.

✅ MILES of concrete barriers and anti-scale fencing

✅… pic.twitter.com/PWReVXGBNI

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) September 21, 2025

Per Nick Sortor:

MANY people have been reaching out to me concerned about the security situation at Charlie Kirk’s memorial Sunday in AZ

This is by FAR the most secure event I’ve ever been to in my life. Including inauguration.

✅ MILES of concrete barriers and anti-scale fencing

✅ MULTIPLE layers of anti-ram blockades on each street, consisting of:
– dumpsters, dump trucks, anti-vehicle wedge barricades
– Concrete chicanes that FORCE vehicles to slow down as they reach Secret Service checkpoints

✅ THOUSANDS of police offers from multiple jurisdictions, including federal

✅ Local SWAT and Secret Service Counter Assault Teams on site with armored vehicles

✅ Counter-snipers on surrounding rooftops

✅ Road closures in all directions as far as the eye can see

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✅ LARGE no-fly zone established overhead, with “heavy enforcement” & much more that I have not been authorized to mention.

I ran this post and video through DHS prior to posting to confirm I did not endanger operational security.

DHS told me “this is being treated like the Super Bowl. It’s a SEAR 1 event.”

Crews will be working through the night to beef up security even more! 🔥

Point being, COME ON OUT and honor Charlie! I’ll see you all there 🇺🇸

(But leave ALL BAGS at home or in your hotel because you will NOT be allowed to bring them in under ANY circumstance

BREAKING 🚨 HUNDREDS of workers in 99 degree heat working to build a massive fence around State Farm Arena for Charlie Kirk’s Memorial 🙏

The things Americans have to do to protect from Democrats

pic.twitter.com/YxNYSscxUm

— MAGA Voice (@MAGAVoice) September 20, 2025

Fencing going up by State Farm Stadium ahead of tomorrow’s Charlie Kirk memorial in Glendale, Arizona pic.twitter.com/wFfPz7AFFA

— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) September 21, 2025

If you are planning to attend the memorial, DO NOT bring a bag:

Again: No Bags Tomorrow pic.twitter.com/pC8oazPkw7

— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) September 21, 2025

CBS News shared the security measures being put in place at State Farm Stadium:

State Farm Stadium in Glendale, home of the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals, can hold more than 63,000 people. But police are anticipating more than 100,000 people coming to the stadium Sunday in an effort to attend the memorial service for conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated last week on a college campus in Utah.

As a result, the organization Kirk co-founded, Turning Point USA, has also reserved the venue next door, the Desert Diamond Arena, for overflow. Desert Diamond, home to Arizona’s former NHL team, the Coyotes, seats about 18,000.

Multiple federal law enforcement agencies issued a security assessment to state and local law enforcement that was obtained by CBS News on Friday and indicated they are tracking “several threats of unknown credibility” against those planning to attend Sunday’s memorial.

However, the bulletin emphasized that there is “no information suggesting a verified or credible plot against the event.”

The agencies that released the bulletin include the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis, and the U.S. Secret Service.

UPDATE: NO OVERNIGHT CAMPING OR SITTING ON THE SIDEWALK, and NO PARKING IN THE STADIUM LOT.

Carpool and ride share highly recommended. pic.twitter.com/FFme7e5IOl

— Brick Suit (@Brick_Suit) September 21, 2025

CBS further reported counter-snipers will be present at the event:

DHS has designated the service with a Special Event Assessment Rating Level 1, or SEAR-1, which is on par with the Super Bowl.

“This designation is reserved for events of the highest national significance and enables the federal government to provide the full range of law enforcement and security resources necessary to support local officials in ensuring a safe and successful event,” a DHS senior official told CBS News in a statement.

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SEAR-1, though, is not the highest security event designation from DHS. That is known as a National Special Security Event, or NSSE.

Security measures on Sunday include uniformed and plain-clothes officers, drones and 300 cameras for surveillance, Santiago said. There will also be counterterrorism sniper teams, federal law enforcement sources told CBS News.

“The only difference here is when you have something like the Super Bowl, we had upwards of two years to plan an event like that,” Santiago said. “This, we had a week to work with…We are basically all hands on deck.”