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NFL Announces Official Attendance Number For 2025 Draft

Originally posted on The Spun | By Daniel Bates | Last updated Apr 27, 2025 4:14 PM ET

Despite some concerns about the lack of star power in this year's NFL Draft, the league was still reportedly able to score some huge attendance numbers at this year's event.

The crowd was alive all three days in Green Bay, Wisconsin as fans packed outside Lambeau Field to watch their team's respective selections. And according to the NFL's count, 600,000 people can say they saw the 2025 draft in-person.

Last year's draft in Detroit, MI scored an all-time record 775,000 attendees. But given Green Bay's modest size compared to one of the midwest's biggest cities, it's a pretty fantastic turnout for all parties involved.

Per the Green Bay Press Gazette, roughly 205,000 were there for the first round on Thursday night and that number only grew to 220,000 by the draft's final day.

"We knew there was the possibility with this campus, the way it was set up, the draw of Lambeau Field and the enthusiasm this community and state have for football, it was going to be potentially a great turnout," Aaron Popkey, Packers director of public affairs, told the paper.

"Thursday night definitely set the stage. The energy was incredible. That provided some momentum for Friday and Saturday," he added.

As some have pointed out, the draft's attendance almost assuredly wasn't 600,000 unique visitors to the event's grounds. But it's still a great number for a city whose population according to the last census was barely over 100K.

Where did this year's draft rank for you as far as your favorites since the NFL decided to take its show on the road?

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