Motor City is ready to break a record. With 550,000 fans in attendance through the first two days of the NFL Draft, Detroit will top the all-time attendance mark for the event on Day 3, NFL chief football administration officer Dawn Aponte announced in her opening remarks Saturday.
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Detroit is set to break the record previously set in 2019 by Nashville, which drew 600,000 fans over the three-day event.
Detroit already broke Nashville’s record for Day 1 and Day 2 draft attendance of 200,000 fans each day. Commissioner Roger Goodell said a record 275,000 fans turned up Thursday for Day 1 and that another 230,000 were in attendance Friday night.
“So Detroit, you’re within 100,000 of breaking the all-time record,” he said at the time.
Rounds 4-7 are underway Saturday, televised on ESPN/ABC and NFL Network and in Spanish on ESPN Deportes.
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