New Delhi, Oct. 31 -- MILWAUKEE - City officials had prepared for about 400,000 people. Milwaukee police now estimate that more than 750,000 turned out Friday for the Brewers' World Series parade and rally, and say preliminary research indicates it may have been the largest single-day crowd in Wisconsin history.

The distinction between an estimate and a record matters. The reporting reviewed here does not say how the department counted the crowd, whether people who attended both events were counted once, or which earlier events it compared. What exists so far is a preliminary claim from the agency that managed the day, not a certified count.

The Milwaukee Police Dept. estimates 750,000 people attended today's parade downtown and rally a...