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2025 NFL Draft: 205,000 fans attend draft at Lambeau Field, almost twice as many as Green Bay's population

Green Bay is the NFL's smallest market by a significant margin.

The crowd for Thursday's first round of the NFL Draft dwarfed the town's population.

Fans flocked to Lambeau Field on Thursday night, where the draft was conducted from a stage in the shadows of the revered football stadium.

At the start of Thursday's broadcast, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell estimated that 125,000 people had shown up, with more people filing in.

"We have over 125,000 people here and still counting," Goodell announced.

By the time the night was over, the official attendance number stood at 205,000.