{"id":176248,"date":"2026-04-26T03:12:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T03:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/176248\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T03:12:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T03:12:25","slug":"over-800000-people-attend-nfl-draft-in-pittsburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/176248\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 800,000 people attend NFL Draft in Pittsburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR. HEY, FELICITY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND LET ME TELL YOU, PITTSBURGH, YOU HAVE DONE IT. A THREE DAY ATTENDANCE RECORD HAS BEEN SET. 805,000 PEOPLE FOR THE THREE DAYS OF T\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>RECORD SET: Over 800,000 people attend NFL Draft in Pittsburgh<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769019068_844_wtae.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"WTAE logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 7:47 PM EDT Apr 25, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPittsburgh has set a new record, thanks to hosting the NFL Draft. During the three-day event, more than 800,000 people attended the NFL Draft held in downtown Pittsburgh. Sky 4, Pittsburgh&#8217;s only news chopper, had flown over the scene during the three-day sports event, capturing thousands lining up at the Draft Stage to see which players would be selected. (Video below) On the first day of the NFL Draft, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced that 320,000 people attended the first day of the draft in Pittsburgh.Detroit previously held the record, with more than 700,000 people over the course of three days. The NFL Draft was held there in 2024.Looking for more news in your area | Subscribe to the WTAE YouTube Channel\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tPITTSBURGH \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh has set a new record, thanks to hosting the NFL Draft. <\/p>\n<p>During the three-day event, more than 800,000 people attended the NFL Draft held in downtown Pittsburgh. <\/p>\n<p>Sky 4, Pittsburgh&#8217;s only news chopper, had flown over the scene during the three-day sports event, capturing thousands lining up at the Draft Stage to see which players would be selected. (Video below) <\/p>\n<p>On the first day of the NFL Draft, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/nfl-draft-pittsburgh-crowd-record\/71114648\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">320,000 people attended the first day of the draft<\/a> in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p>Detroit previously held the record, with more than 700,000 people over the course of three days. The NFL Draft was held there in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Looking for more news in your area | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WTAE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Subscribe to the WTAE YouTube Channel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR. HEY, FELICITY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND LET ME TELL YOU, PITTSBURGH, YOU HAVE&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":176249,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[894,3537,73,75,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-176248","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-allegheny-county","9":"tag-nfl-draft","10":"tag-pittsburgh","11":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","12":"tag-pittsburgh-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}