A whopping 92,003 people paid to see the hotly contested match between the University of Nebraska and the University of Nebraska-Omaha on Wednesday night.
The match was played at Lincoln’s Memorial Stadium, the regular home of the University of Nebraska’s American football team.
The attendance smashed the previous record for a women’s sporting event, which was set at 91,648, when Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 5-2 during a Champions League match at the Camp Nou Stadium in 2022.
The game also smashed the US record attendance for women’s sport, which was previously held by the 1999 World Cup final, when 90,185 watched the match between the US and China in California.
The stadium, which typically holds 85,000, managed to squeeze in another 7,003 people with seats and standing room on the pitch.
It was the University of Nebraska’s Cornhuskers that won the match 3-0. The team are five-time National Collegiate Athletic Association women’s volleyball champions.
Volleyball is extremely popular in Nebraska, and the past 306 consecutive regular-season matches have been sold out.
It recently surpassed basketball as the number one sport for girls in high schools across the US.
According to news.sky.com. Source of photos: internet
