AND NEWWWWW WOMEN’S WORLD RECORD!!!!!
WOW! This is impressive! The Big Red Husker Nation did it!
Nebraska surpassed the recognized world-record attendance for a women’s sporting event Wednesday night during “Volleyball Day in Nebraska” event that filled its football venue, Memorial Stadium in Lincoln.
92,003 fans watched the five-time NCAA champion Nebraska Volleyball Team beat Omaha 3-0.
After the Huskers won the first two sets, the attendance record was announced to the red-clad Nebraska faithful, who cheered wildly!
Husker Nation, you’ve done it.
The WORLD RECORD for a Women’s Sporting Event lives in Lincoln.
Today’s attendance: 9️⃣2️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣3️⃣
There is NO PLACE like Nebraska. pic.twitter.com/lQFguWHyp8
— Nebraska Volleyball (@HuskerVB) August 31, 2023
POV: you just found out you broke a WORLD RECORD pic.twitter.com/w9a8ZlbaGx
— University of Nebraska-Lincoln (@UNLincoln) August 31, 2023
History. pic.twitter.com/4g3q3japw2
— Nebraska Volleyball (@HuskerVB) August 31, 2023
The crowd, at what is usually the home of Nebraska football, broke the previous world record for women’s sports attendance — 91,648 — set on April 22, 2022, in Barcelona, Spain, for a Champions League match between FC Barcelona and Wolfsburg.
This was paid attendance too. Tickets for the doubleheader — Wayne State beat Nebraska-Kearney in a Division II exhibition before the Huskers and Mavericks played — were originally priced at $25 for adults and $5 for high school students and younger. Ticket prices reached as much as $400 on the secondary market.
The previous record for a women’s sports event in the United States was the 90,185 who attended the Women’s World Cup soccer final between Team USA and China at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on July 10, 1999. That was a landmark event for women’s athletics in general and women’s soccer in particular, won by the Americans on penalty kicks with the winning kick coming from Brandi Chastain.
The NCAA does not track attendance across all sports, but associate director of media coordination and statistics Jeff Williams told The Associated Press a crowd of 90,000-plus was easily among the largest for a non-football game. A 2010 outdoor hockey game between Michigan and Michigan State at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor drew more than 113,000 fans.
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Ms. Jackson is NOT sorry. 😮💨 pic.twitter.com/YJyxewXCA2
— Nebraska Volleyball (@HuskerVB) August 31, 2023
BIG RIP, @merbson! 💥 pic.twitter.com/2XtkROlWFx
— Nebraska Volleyball (@HuskerVB) August 31, 2023
An unforgettable night with an unforgettable crowd.
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— Nebraska Volleyball (@HuskerVB) August 31, 2023
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