Volleyball broke world record for women's sporting event

Question

The article states that Nebraska's volleyball team made history, breaking the world record for attendance at a woman's sporting event with 92,003 fans, marking a significant day not just for Nebraska or college volleyball, but for women's sports.

Answer 1

The claim states that the world record for any women's sporting event was just broken in 2023 at Nebraska. This is supported by the official Olympic website which says that the event "broke the world record for the biggest attendance for a women’s sports event." The NCAA also confirm this; the previous high for a women's sporting event was 91,648 people. Nebraska had an attendance of 92,003. An ESPN article by M.A. Voepel provides more supporting evidence. Andi Jackson who was played for Nebraska recalled: "We were walking out of the tunnel after the second set, and we heard on the speaker we had just broken the world record." With a large number of official sources backing this claim, it is seems safe to say that it is true: a Nebraska volleyball game broke the attendance record for women's sports.

However, other sources state that a soccer game between Mexico and Denmark in 1971 holds the world record. It seems that this event had gotten overlooked by those who declared the Nebraska event to be the largest. The Guinness World Records states that "contemporary reports estimated the audience at around 110,000." While this event happened earlier, the sources are more current (2024). A Forbes article by Asif Burhan, a long-time soccer journalist, confirms that the game "attracted an all-time women's record attendance of around 110,000." Furthermore, statista also backs this up clearly by comparing Nebraska volleyball attendance and Mexico soccer attendance. There's no comparison; the 1971 game had a considerably larger number of people in attendance. But there's a caveat: the 1971 soccer match attendance number seems to be an estimate. Actual attendance might have varied and we have no way to know the exact number.

Sources:
https://olympics.com/en/news/volleyball-day-nebraska-world-record-attendance-women-sports-event
https://www.ncaa.org/news/2023/8/30/media-center-nebraska-volleyball-breaks-world-record-for-womens-sporting-event-attendance-on-volleyball-day-in-nebraska
https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/38294591/nebraska-volleyball-sets-world-record-attendance-women-sporting-event
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2024/3/copa-71-how-the-largest-crowd-in-womens-sport-vanished-767777
https://www.forbes.com/sites/asifburhan/2024/03/05/fights-and-strikes-the-build-up-to-the-1971-womens-world-cup-final/
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1410661/womens-sport-highest-attendances/