(WXYZ) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced that Detroit has broken the all-time NFL Draft attendance record with more than 700,000 fans in attendance over the weekend.
Watch Whitmer make the announcement below
NFL Chief Football Administration Officer Dawn Aponte said as she opened the final day that there have been 550,000 people who have attended so far.
"We are going to break the all-time draft attendance record here today," Aponte said as she thanked fans and the city.
There were 230,000 people who attended the draft on Friday night, and at 6:40 p.m., the NFL said the maximum capacity had been hit for the second night and halted general admission.
On Thursday, Detroit broke the attendance record for the first day of the NFL Draft with more than 275,000 people attending day one.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said that 230,000 people are there for night two, and that Detroit is only 100,000 people away from breaking the all-time NFL Draft attendance record set by Nashville in 2019.
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