Pittsburgh already packed a record 320,000 NFL fans downtown for Day 1 of the 2026 NFL Draft. Steel City is amped up for Rounds 2-3 on April 24

The NFL said Saturday the final attendance number for this week's NFL draft in Pittsburgh finished north of 800,000, breaking the record of 775,000 set two years ago in Detroit.

A historic number of fans attended the 2026 NFL draft this weekend in Pittsburgh. Total attendance over the three-day event around the Steelers' Acrisure Stadium totaled an all-time record 805,000 fans,

Heading into the 2026 NFL Draft in Pittsburgh, there were projected to be 500,000-700,000 fans who were going to attend this year’s festivities over three days.  Just one day into the draft, a Round 1 attendance record has been set,

Pittsburgh also set the record for Day One attendance with 320,000 people. This topped the 275,00 fans who showed up for opening night in Detroit in 2025. The NFL draft continues to grow as the largest offseason event in all of professional sports and by rotating the local,

The 2026 NFL Draft, one of the league's hallmark events, got underway Thursday evening in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It marks the unofficial start of the new season, when all 32 teams, buoyed by their hopeful fans,

Fernando Mendoza’s journey from overlooked two-star recruit to the top of the NFL draft is complete after the Las Vegas Raiders took him with the first pick Thursday night. Turning the Raiders into a contender is the next challenge for the Heisman Trophy winner who led Indiana to its first national championship.

The NFL puts its 2026 draft in the hands of one its most historic teams. So maybe it shouldn’t be a surprise plenty of people showed up. The three-day 2026 NFL Draft drew a total of 805,000 fans to Pittsburgh’s North Shore.