It widely was presumed that Super Bowl XLV, the first NFL title game played in Cowboys Stadium, would break the NFL single-game attendance record of 103,985.
It didn’t happen.
The official attendance, including those who weren’t actually inside the building but watching the game on outdoor HD monitors, was 103,215.
The temporary-seat snafu apparently didn’t prevent the record from being set, since only 400 fans were displaced. It’s unclear whether those 400 fans opted to join the outdoor-indoor Party Pass crowd.
