When Nebraska announced it would play a volleyball match in Memorial Stadium in February, university system president Ted Carter issued a challenge to continue the tradition of selling out the venue as it has for every football game since 1962.
“I’m just not going to be happy with 20,000 or 30,000,” Carter said. “I want to challenge all Nebraskans. We have sold out this stadium for every sporting event we’ve put in that stadium since 1962. Let’s pack the stadium. Sell this thing out and show the world how great we, as Nebraskans are as sports fans.”
This week, the Huskers fans answered the call and purchased more than 82,900 tickets in less than 48 hours. Just after noon on Thursday, Nebraska announced that its match in the century-old football venue on August 30 against Omaha was officially a sell out.
The state-wide celebration of volleyball will also include an exhibition match between Division II teams Nebraska-Kearney and Wayne State College in the afternoon. A concert is also scheduled after the volleyball matches, but NU has not announced who the musical artist will be.
“Nebraska fans never cease to amaze me,” Nebraska athletic director Trev Alberts said. “We knew the interest in this match would be extremely high, but to…
