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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Bringing the NFL draft to the league's smallest market was supposed to mean a smaller crowd. Green Bay Packers fans had other ideas.
Packers president/CEO Mark Murphy said last week the forecast was for a total attendance of 250,000 for all three days. NFL officials announced Saturday that the total attendance ended up at 600,000, more than doubling that forecast.
"Green Bay is kind of that destination where everybody wants to come and see Lambeau Field," Steven Chowanec of Osseo, Wisconsin, said Saturday as he waited for the final four rounds to begin.