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Detroit selected to host 2024 NFL draft, with events taking place all over downtown
PALM BEACH, Fla. — After more than five years of pursuit, the NFL draft is coming to Detroit.
NFL owners voted to award the 2024 draft to Detroit at the league's annual meeting Monday, picking the city over other competitive bids from Green Bay, Wisconsin, and Washington.
Detroit Lions president Rod Wood first broached the idea of bringing the draft to Detroit in 2017, when he outlined a proposal that would spread the event over several locations throughout the city.
On Monday, Wood said he expects "hundreds of thousands of people" to attend the three-day event.
https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2022/03/28/detroit-lions-host-2024-nfl-draft-all-throughout-downtown/7194117001/
NFL owners voted to award the 2024 draft to Detroit at the league's annual meeting Monday, picking the city over other competitive bids from Green Bay, Wisconsin, and Washington.
Detroit Lions president Rod Wood first broached the idea of bringing the draft to Detroit in 2017, when he outlined a proposal that would spread the event over several locations throughout the city.
On Monday, Wood said he expects "hundreds of thousands of people" to attend the three-day event.
https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2022/03/28/detroit-lions-host-2024-nfl-draft-all-throughout-downtown/7194117001/
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