Hundreds of thousands attend first day of NFL Draft in Pittsburgh, setting record
Updated: 11:12 PM EDT Apr 23, 2026
Hundreds of thousands of people showed up to the Steel City, breaking a first round Draft Day record.NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced 320,000 people attended the first day of the NFL Draft in Pittsburgh. The massive crowd was seen from Sky 4 as a sea of fans that stretched well back from the draft stage outside Acrisure Stadium.The NFL Draft theater on Pittsburgh’s North Shore reached capacity before the show began, with a sign directing arriving fans on the North Shore to enter the stadium to watch the show.A sign directed fans still arriving on the North Shore to enter the stadium to watch the show.
PITTSBURGH —
Hundreds of thousands of people showed up to the Steel City, breaking a first round Draft Day record.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced 320,000 people attended the first day of the NFL Draft in Pittsburgh.
The massive crowd was seen from Sky 4 as a sea of fans that stretched well back from the draft stage outside Acrisure Stadium.
The NFL Draft theater on Pittsburgh’s North Shore reached capacity before the show began, with a sign directing arriving fans on the North Shore to enter the stadium to watch the show.
A sign directed fans still arriving on the North Shore to enter the stadium to watch the show.
