A red tide in the stands of the stadium, the entrance of the players to electrifying music and a speaker on fire: all the ingredients were there to set an attendance record. They were 92,003 people in the Memorial Stadium at the University of Nebraska, in the United States, to encourage the Huskers, who challenged the Omaha team. More than any other women’s sporting event in history.
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
The previous record dated from April 22, 2022: 91,648 people then attended the semi-final first leg of the Women’s Football Champions League between Barcelona and Wolfsburg at Camp Nou.
Nebraska Athletics officials had that goal in mind when they announced “Volleyball Day” in February. “I hope the number of participants will be large enough that no one dares to challenge our record,” said Trev Alberts, athletic director of the university. Usually, the stadium hosts home games for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, the university’s American football team.
The Huskers swept Omaha 25-14, 25-14, 25-13 on Wednesday in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Women’s College Volleyball Championship. For comparison, the previous record set for such a meeting was 18,755 people, in Columbus in 2021, during a match between Wisconsin and Nebraska.
Finally, the previous record for a women’s event in the United States dates back to July 10, 1999. On that day, 90,185 people had attended the final of the Women’s Football World Cup between the United States and China at the Rose Bowl. of Pasadena, California.
