Last year, Nebraska Women’s Volleyball Coach John Cook set a goal to reclaim the record for the most fans to see a women’s volleyball game, equating to just over 20,000 fans. Trouble is, the University of Nebraska doesn’t have an indoor facility that could house that many fans. So, university officials decided to hold the match in Memorial Stadium… and they decided to aim a little higher. The world record for most fans to ever watch a female sporting event was the women’s World Cup Finals, played on July 10, 1999, when 90,185 people watched Team USA defeat China at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
So, when the tickets went on sale in January, they asked the Nebraska faithful to help set a new world record. Within 3 days, 82,000 tickets were sold. Over the next 9 months, another 10,000 were sold. And, when the official number of spectators was announced for the August 30th game, the official attendance was 92,003 – a new world’s record.
Joe’s Perspective: Crowds have been growing for women’s sports for the past several decades. It began with the Women’s World Cup and has continued with the WNBA. Just look at the attendance of the Women’s Final Four in basketball each year. I think this event at the University of Nebraska also shows that people do care. As team captain, Lexi Rodriguez said, “It was something bigger than just a volleyball game. It’s going to go down in history. It’s putting volleyball and women’s sports on a bigger map.” Indeed, women are putting a solid product on the table. Who knows what attendance at women’s sporting events will be in 10 or 20 years.
Your Turn: What do you think this event means for women’s sports?
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This event means that more people have started to pay attention and care about women’s sports.
It pretty cool
I think this event means that women’s sports will only grow bigger and be at a bigger stage
I think more people are starting to like women’s sports and see how they give a good game to watch too.
It opens up new doors for women and the hope is to do it for more sports to come.
I think event shows that not just men can compete in sports and have their games be popular with the world because women can too; women can do everything men can do.
I think it a good sport
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I think it really made a difference and it showed support for women in beating the record.
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This event helps to spread the news about women’s sports, and help to improve the numbers of women’s sports.
I think this means that women’s sports are becoming more popular and having more of a following.
I think it’s a sign that there is support for women athletes.
I think this event means that women’s sports will only grow bigger and be at a bigger stage
I think it really made a difference and it showed support for women in beating the record.
I think this event mean that more people are going to start attending women’s sports.
I can agree with the coach near the end saying that thus cam put women’s sports on the map. This game shows people will want to see women’s sports.
I think its a big step for womens sports
I think that this is a huge step forward in women’s sports. This means the time, energy, and hard work women athletes put into their sport is finally being recognized and respected.
This event shows so much hope for women’s sports as many women are fighting the issue of unequal payment as the males are receiving. As the women’s sports get more and more reconfirmed it will allow teams to equally pay both genders the same which is a a huge show for female athletes.
A lot more publication and a step in the right direction
This is really cool!
This is really awesome and I love to see woman’s sports more celebrated!
I feel like this event means that even though it may not be as exciting to watch women play sports, it is such an honor to have thousands of people to come and recognize that women sports do matter!
I think this is really cool for women’s sports and maybe could make them televised more?
I think this event means big things for womens sports it shows that people are really starting to want to watch women sports and they are becoming bigger.
This event shows more people are caring to come watch Womens sports.
I think this is pretty awesome because more people are paying more attention to girls.
I think this event means a lot to the women sports because it shows that women can be just as good as men.
I think it was really good and it recognizes women’s sports.
I think it was really good and it recognizes women’s sports.
I think that this is groundbreaking for women’s sports. The amount of people that showed support and the support by the school is amazing!
This was fun
I think this event means more attention to women sports.
This event means more attention and attraction to Women’s volleyball.
What I think this event means is that more people are recognizing and just watching women sport’s more.
What I think this event means is that more people are recognizing and just watching women sport’s more which is really positive.
For women’s sports this shows that they put in the work the men do and they should be appreciated like the men do
This was very cool
i think the women vollyball is grown in a big team
I think this is pretty cool that there’s a new ground breaking record for woman’s sports bc it shows people are playing attention
This event proves that people are starting to go to women’s sports
I think this is showing women sports is getting bigger and bigger. And growing all around the US.
This event means that for women’s sports is huge! That women can play and are just as entertain as men are.
I appreciate all of the people coming together to support women’s sports like a big team.
This is cool because there is so many people to watch women play. Women are just a capable as men.
This event was huge for women’s sports. People always say it’s boring and not as entertaining as men’s but this shows if you give them a chance they are just as good if not better