{"id":7954,"date":"2025-04-28T21:12:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T21:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/7954\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T21:12:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T21:12:10","slug":"nfl-draft-in-green-bay-gets-rave-reviews-from-league-national-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/7954\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Draft in Green Bay gets rave reviews from league, national media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite being the smallest NFL city, Green Bay drew massive crowds for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenbaypressgazette.com\/sports\/2025-nfl-draft\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.greenbaypressgazette.com\/sports\/2025-nfl-draft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">last week&#8217;s 2025 NFL Draft<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenbaypressgazette.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/packers\/2025\/04\/26\/nfl-draft-attendance-green-bay-second-highest-ever\/83304556007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.greenbaypressgazette.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/packers\/2025\/04\/26\/nfl-draft-attendance-green-bay-second-highest-ever\/83304556007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Over 600,000 fans attended<\/a> the three-day event, shattering the projection of 250,000 total attendees.<\/p>\n<p>The whole experience of the NFL Draft in Green Bay \u2014 and the city&#8217;s welcoming response \u2014 drew rave reviews from the NFL and national media.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a sampling:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Draft grade is in: Green Bay gets an A. The people, the city, the venue were all superb.<\/p>\n<p>NFL Draft\u2019s next stop is Pittsburgh 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1916270043307954684?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Announcement over the intercom at Green Bay airport at 5:14 AM: &#8220;I was just informed that our ice cream machine is now up and running at B2. Cheese curds are also available there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I love this place.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Field Yates (@FieldYates) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FieldYates\/status\/1916436390717395329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Did I buy a block of GB cheese at the airport for my kids omelettes the rest of the week? Yes I did.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Drew Gallagher (@drewgallagher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drewgallagher\/status\/1916510760957575214?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But, there are always a few naysayers \u2014 this one from Detroit:<\/p>\n<p>NFL draft attendance by year<\/p>\n<p>Here are draft attendance totals since the NFL started having league cities host it in 2015:<\/p>\n<p>Detroit (2024):\u00a0775,000Green Bay (2025):\u00a0600,000+Nashville (2019):\u00a0600,000Kansas City (2023):\u00a0312,000Las Vegas (2022):\u00a0300,000Philadelphia (2017):\u00a0250,000Chicago (2016):\u00a0225,000Dallas (2018):\u00a0200,000Chicago (2015):\u00a0200,000Cleveland (2021):\u00a0160,000<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\">More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenbaypressgazette.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/packers\/2025\/04\/26\/nfl-draft-attendance-green-bay-second-highest-ever\/83304556007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2025 NFL Draft attendance tops 600,000 in Green Bay, making it one of the highest ever<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite being the smallest NFL city, Green Bay drew massive crowds for last week&#8217;s 2025 NFL Draft. 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