Premise: The Moon Under Water is a pub in Manchester city centre, in the building of the former Deansgate Picture House cinema on Deansgate. The pub, which is 8800 sqft and can hold 1,700 customers has been noted by the "Guinness Book of Records" as being the largest in Britain. Other sources claim it is the largest in Europe.
Hypothesis: 8800 sq ft can hold 1,700 people.