Nine years in the making, two years in the staging and three days in the having, the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay is over, and what a three days it was.
According to the NFL, the three-day attendance for the April 24-26 draft was 600,000, shattering the pre-draft estimate of 250,000 and equal to Nashville in 2019, which before last year's 775,000 in Detroit was the record for draft attendance. By comparison, the Detroit metro area is 4.3 million, Nashville is 2 million and Green Bay 320,000.
"We knew there was the possibility with this campus, the way it was set up, the draw of Lambeau Field and the enthusiasm this community and state have for football, it was going to be potentially a great turnout," said Aaron Popkey, Packers director of public affairs.