None of those explanations are particularly surprising. However, Niantic says that once it expanded the available play area, through late Saturday and early Sunday, players in the downtown area caught more than 7.7 million Pokémon, 440,000 Legendary Pokémon and participated in more than 69,000 raid battles. Worldwide, players caught more than 500 million Pokémon and 1.9 million Legendary Pokémon in the same period.

The company isn't announcing any other benefits for attendees beyond what it promised on Sunday, but it did reveal the schedule for Legendary Pokémon availability over the next few weeks: