Cocky Connecticut town thinks it can break ‘largest pizza party' world record: ‘We want a legitimate win'
New Haven is setting out to break the Guinness World Record for the largest pizza party — a title that was previously set by the World Pizza Champions in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Jan. 21, 2023, as reported by NBC News.
To break the record, the pizza extravaganza would have to have more than the previous 3,357 people — which was the previous winning number. New Haven is aiming to get 5,000 people to their party.
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The pizza party will take place on Friday, Sept. 12, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. during the A-1 Toyota Apizza Feast at the New Haven Grand Prix.
The city of New Haven is handling the logistics of the big bash while Big Green Truck Pizza will take care of the grub.
'We plan on bringing four of our trucks, lining them up and feeding everybody,' Liane Page with Big Green Truck Pizza told NBC Connecticut.
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3 New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker said New Haven will 'crush' the current record.
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Once pizza lovers enter the party, the rules stipulate that they must stay until the end of the event at 7 p.m. so they can finish the count.
By the time the party wraps up, the event organizers hope to announce that the attempt 'has been successful, cheer, and open up the fencing so all can move around freely,' the website said.
New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker believes they will go way over the 3,357 people needed to break the record.
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'When we plant our stake in the ground — and have the largest pizza party in history, we are going to crush that, yes,' he said. 'We want a legitimate win here.'
3 Liane Page said there's nothing like New Haven-style 'apizza.'
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A judge from Guinness World Records will be in attendance to make sure the city is complying with the rules to break the record. The city is also looking for volunteers to help keep count and make sure the event is going smoothly.
3 World Pizza Champions set the world record in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Jan. 21, 2023
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'We do great things here and it takes a big group effort but this is serious, this is like playing a pizza game, and if you want to participate, we want you to take this serious,' Colin Caplan, creator of Taste Of New Haven, said.
The city estimates that they will hand out more than 10,000 slices, and about 400 people at a time will be eating pizza.
Page said there's nothing like New Haven-style 'apizza' — and some have gone as far as to declare Connecticut the 'Pizza Capital of the U.S.'
Frank Pepe's, a New Haven, Connecticut, favorite, just celebrated its 100th anniversary — and locals and New Yorkers alike can't get enough.
'When I would serve the New Yorkers at our New Haven restaurant, they would tell me, 'I'm from New York, and I come back and forth for your pizza — hands down,'' Pepe's granddaughter, Jennifer Bimonte-Kelly, previously told The Post.
'New Yorkers are the toughest critics. When they said it was good, I got chills on my legs.'
Those who want to get their hands on a New Haven slice and participate in the record-breaking pizza party can buy a ticket for $17.44 ($12.12 for kids.
With a ticket, you'll get access to the party, two slices of pizza, a water, a drink ticket. Ticket holders will also get early access to the Apizza Feast — and 'you also will get to be part of pizza history.'
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