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DETROIT -- During an historic week in Detroit, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer broke some news ahead of the Lions' fourth-round selection on Saturday.
Whitmer announced that the 2024 NFL Draft broke the all-time attendance record with 700,000 fans and counting. In 2019, Nashville set the previous record after drawing 600,000 fans over a three-day span.
"We have shown the world what the Motor City is about," Whitmer said.
Detroit had never hosted a draft prior to this year and previously hosted the Super Bowl XL in 2006. On Thursday, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced that Detroit also set the Day 1 record with more than 275,000 fans in attendance and drew 550,000 in two days before hitting the all-time mark on Saturday.