Nebraska sold out Memorial Stadium in 48 hours for its “Volleyball Day in Nebraska” outdoor event taking place Aug. 30. Approximately 82,900 tickets were claimed between the season-ticket holder and general public sales this week. That number, the university said, doesn’t include field-level seating or indoor club seating.
It will be a doubleheader, starting with a Division II exhibition between Wayne State and Nebraska-Kearney at 4:30 p.m. local time, followed by a regular-season match between Nebraska and Omaha.
The 82,900 tickets sold is well above the attendance records for a regular-season volleyball game (15,797) and a NCAA Volleyball Tournament game (18,755) — both games in which Nebraska played. However, Nebraska director of athletics Trev Alberts thinks the Huskers still have more ambitious goals to chase.
The record attendance for a women’s sporting event in the U.S. is 90,185, which was set during the 1999 Women’s World Cup Final between the U.S. and China at Rose Bowl Stadium. Alberts sees the number as something within reach.
“Nebraska fans never cease to amaze me,” Alberts said in a statement. “We knew the interest in this match would be extremely high, but to sell out…
