Overview

• The Brick Breeden Fieldhouse was configured for about 3,300 seats, which local reports said filled quickly as thousands attended.
• MSU expanded officer deployments, brought in agencies from across Montana, and coordinated with the FBI and the state fusion center for real-time monitoring.
• Entry required walk-through screening under a no-bag policy, with designated space for counterprotest outside the venue.
• Gov. Greg Gianforte and Vivek Ramaswamy led tributes to Charlie Kirk, with Ramaswamy taking roughly an hour of student Q&A.
• Ramaswamy urged robust free-speech protections, saying “words are not violence,” as TPUSA continued its tour with the University of North Dakota listed as the next stop.