By all appearances, people are very interested in the initial rollout of shows at The Atlantis, I.M.P.’s replica of the original 9:30 Club opening in May smack dab behind the current location on 9th and V streets NW.

How can we tell? Well, there are a few signs. This biggest is that there were more than 520,000 ticket requests through Ticketmaster Request in the four days the lottery was open, according to an emailed statement from I.M.P., the venue’s owner. The intimate venue will have a capacity of 450, meaning that the total number of tickets available for all 44 shows is just 19,800.

Second, there’s no shortage of locals weighing in on the lineup and the process. Washingtonian’s staff shared the shows they’re most excited to see. Locals are debating the finer details of the lottery on Twitter — former Acting Solicitor General of the United States Neal Katyal even took to the platform to laud the system for doling out tickets.

This week, Redditors created a running thread with minute-by-minute updates on which shows are sending out confirmations, which Ticketmaster is emailing out on a rolling basis this week through Thursday. (Full disclosure: This DCist/WAMU reporter is actively awaiting confirmation of tickets for The Head and the Heart’s July show so he can reignite his moody indie-rock phase.)

Why this level of hype? At $44 (plus $11 in fees), the ticket price is extremely reasonable for performers of this caliber. Also, the lineup is unique for a venue of this size, featuring big names like Foo Fighters (who will open the venue), Bartees Strange, Tegan and Sara, and Maggie Rogers. (For those wondering, Rogers’ Atlantis show is not part of her stand against long online queues, unfathomable fees, glitchy pre-sales, and other Ticketmaster mayhem that last week led the “Alaska” singer to sell tickets to her tour in person.)

Still, DCist/WAMU reached out for clarification on these numbers, because they’re so astronomical. As one local fan pointed out on Twitter, 520,000 is more than 70% of D.C.’s population, meaning people from across the region — and most likely beyond it — are also in this pool of interested concert heads. All this hype, and we don’t even know what the place will look like yet! We do know it’s a reconstruction of the 1980s-era punk club that will include “a nod to the infamous pole” that blocked some fans’ view of the stage, but will leave out the “rancid odor” and rats that plagued the original location, according to a press release.

We also know that an individual could request tickets for a maximum of 12 shows, two tickets per show, per I.M.P. spokesperson Audrey Fix Schaefer; and there was an option to request a 44-show package that came out to over $2,400 with fees included.

Schaefer wouldn’t share exactly how many individuals requested tickets. I hate that my job is now requiring high school math (let’s face it, probably middle school) — I became a writer to avoid this exact scenario. But we can assume it’s somewhere between 43,333 fans, if every person requested 12 tickets, and 520,000, if everyone requested just one ticket. (To reiterate, please don’t email me about this math.)

All this is to say, a boatload of people are trying to see shows at D.C.’s forthcoming music venue. In the future, readers can expect stories from DCist/WAMU about what the fan experience is like at the shows and what this all means for the region’s ever-changing music scene. But in the meantime, good luck all ye ticketservants (is that the opposite of a ticketmaster?). And to those fortunate enough to win the lottery, don’t forget: “The ticket buyer has to be present to enter, and they must have a government ID to demonstrate it’s them. No exceptions,” Schaefer says.

Note: A previous version of this story stated that The Atlantis won’t have a pole like the original 9:30 Club did. This is incorrect. It will have a pole “like the original 9:30 Club did,” according to a spokesperson. But it won’t have the rats or foul stench of the original (we hope).