Rabid Iowa Fans Pack Pinnacle Bank Arena Hoping to See Caitlin Clark Make History
The line to get in apparently started forming in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Iowa star Caitlin Clark attracts major crowds in every city she plays, but the previous crowds might not be able to compare to the crowd lined up to see the Hawkeyes play against Nebraska on Sunday.
Clark has the opportunity to make NCAA Division I women’s college basketball history on Sunday against the Cornhuskers. If she scores 39 points, she will break Kelsey Plum’s scoring record. Clark currently boasts 3,489 career points, while Plum’s record sits at 3,527 points.
The game at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln is sold out, as fans anxiously hoped to see history made on the court. Tickets were selling for remarkably high prices ahead of the eagerly anticipated game.
Fans showed up at the venue hours before the noon CT tipoff, and the images were impressive.
A video posted by the Big Ten Network showed hundreds of fans making up a long line to enter the arena. The line apparently started in the early hours of the morning. Check out clips of the giddy crowd below.
The Caitlin Clark effect. ???? pic.twitter.com/de58eLpRay
— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) February 11, 2024
Two-hour check-in on the line to get into Iowa-Nebraska. It wraps around the block, takes ~ 3 fast minutes to walk and hundreds more are filing/ driving in to see Caitlin Clark go for the record. pic.twitter.com/JgqnizG2me
— Cassandra Negley (@CasNegley) February 11, 2024
"This is our Super Bowl..."
— Chase Matteson (@ChaseMatteson) February 11, 2024
Hundreds of Iowa fans in line this morning ahead of the #Huskers hosting the Hawkeyes, and Caitlin Clark 39 points away from history.????
(@1011_News, @kevinsjuts) pic.twitter.com/4sO1Wd88Au
90 minutes from tipoff!
— Kim Adams (@_kimadams) February 11, 2024
This is the scene at Pinnacle Bank Arena!
#2 Iowa at Nebraska - 1pm ET on FOX!
Caitlin Clark is 39 points away from the NCAA scoring record.
????????????@CBBonFOX @jasonbenetti @B1Gwbball @AllisonW_Sports pic.twitter.com/m1reEkTPk5
The line began forming at 4 a.m. in Lincoln for Caitlin Clark’s potential record-breaking day ???? pic.twitter.com/ump5bqg185
— Hurrdat Sports (@HurrdatSports) February 11, 2024
This is the line outside Pinnacle Bank Arena two hours before the #Huskers tip off against Caitlin Clark and No. 2 Iowa.
— Matt Sottile (@MSottileTV) February 11, 2024
The first people in line tell me they arrived here at 5:45 a.m. @KETV pic.twitter.com/5dr4Py55pT