While an official number hasn’t been released, the NFL Draft campus on the North Shore next to Acrisure Stadium reached capacity on Thursday night during Round One.
Giant screens outside the draft campus read:
This entry is now closed, draft theater viewing is at capacity. Please proceed to the Riverfront Park entry to watch the show from Acrisure Stadium.
Theater ticket and hospitality pass holders may still enter through the designated premium entries.
While the exact number of fans is unknown, it is expected to be in the tens of thousands.
Crowd estimates over the entire NFL Draft weekend are expected to be in the 500,000 to 700,000 range.
That would make the NFL Draft the most attended event in the history of the city.
With so many people attending the draft on Thursday, traffic was not really an issue.
Many people were reporting plenty of parking spaces, light traffic and with the draft campus being so big between Point State Park and the North Shore, it isn’t over-crowded.
It also appears that many people took the advice of local leaders, using park and rides, public transit, ride-share, taxis and more.
Tens of thousands of fans decent on North Shore
Tens of thousands of fans decent on North Shore
