‘Volleyball Day’ in US sets women’s sports attendance world record

August 31, 2023

PUBLISHED : 31 Aug 2023 at 11:45

A volleyball competition between the Nebraska Cornhuskers and Omaha Mavericks drew a world record crowd for a women’s sporting event — 92,003 people — to Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. (Photo: AFP)

LOS ANGELES – The biggest crowd ever to watch a women’s sporting event jammed the University of Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium on Wednesday as 92,003 people turned out for the Huskers’ victory over Omaha.

The announced attendance figure surpassed the previous world…