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2024 NFL draft in Detroit: Everything you need to know before you go
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan on 2024 NFL draft in Downtown Detroit
“What the team here has done has created so many other spaces where you’re going to be able to watch and hear the draft.”
The 2024 NFL draft is in Detroit on April 25-27, as you probably have heard by now. If you’re traveling to Detroit for the draft, here’s a guide to make your draft experience easy and unforgettable.
Information on registration, parking, travel, street closings, and draft day activities are all below.
When is the 2024 NFL draft?
The 2024 NFL draft is from April 25-27 in Detroit, spanning from Campus Martius to Hart Plaza in downtown with additional events in Beacon Park, Capitol Park, Grand Circus Park, Harmonie Park, and along Woodward Avenue.
2024 NFL draft registration
If you still have not signed up for the free draft day experience, there’s still time to register using the NFLOnePass app or online through the website.
Registering for the event only guarantees you the NFL draft footprint in downtown Detroit. You must buy tickets separately for the actual draft theater.
Ticket packages are available for purchase for the second and third rounds starting at $950 per person — the fourth through seventh rounds start at $550 per person as well. Please be wary of potential ticket scams.
Can I still book a hotel in Detroit for the draft?
With the NFL draft just two weeks away, options are limited if you’re still looking to book a place near the NFL draft in Detroit. Here’s what to know.
Downtown Detroit transportation
Detroit has multiple public transport options to get around downtown. The city has a streetcar, an elevated rail system, bike share, and bus system to get you where you need to go.
That said, plan to get downtown early and be prepared to leave late. Hundreds of thousands of fans are expected to travel to Detroit over the course of the draft’s three days.
Detroit parking for 2024 NFL draft
You can pay for metered parking through Park Detroit’s website or app. There are also options for private parking throughout the city.
More: Downtown Detroit parking lots to see upgrades ahead of 2024 NFL draft
Detroit road closures for 2024 NFL draft
The city will start phase three of its street closings on April 15 at midnight. This marks the halfway point of the action plan to close downtown streets to accommodate the draft day build-out.
Closed streets for phase three:
- Jefferson Avenue; Bates Street; Atwater Street
- Southbound M-10 (Lodge), full closure at West Jefferson(Exit 1A: open); Larned ramp (Exit 1B: open)
Things to do in Detroit during the 2024 NFL draft
Detroit is a city rich with museums, restaurants and activities throughout. If you’re interested in exploring the area outside of the draft, you can go to the Motown Museum, the Michigan Science Center, check out golf rich southeast Michigan, and even catch a Detroit Tigers game on April 26, 27 or 28 when they host the Kansas City Royals.
Get a souvenir while you’re in the city.
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Detroit NFL draft activities
Draft day activities are from noon-10 p.m. on Thursday and Friday. On Saturday, events go from 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Activities include a Pro Football Hall of Fame exhibit and an autograph signing opportunity with current and former NFL players, as well as a 40-yard dash, vertical jump, deep throw accuracy challenges, and more. There will also be a collection of Detroit-based food trucks for participants who attend.
More: Detroit City Council OKs several public, private NFL draft events
Usually, the top prospects that go at the beginning of the first round will attend the draft in person, so players such as Caleb Williams, Drake Maye, Marvin Harrison Jr., Jayden Daniels and Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy could walk across the stage in the heart of downtown Detroit. There have not been any announcements yet of which prospects will be at the draft April 25.
What else is Detroit doing for the NFL draft?
Here’s a list of other attractions and events planned for Detroit and the 2024 NFL draft:
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(CBS DETROIT) – The Detroit Police Department is searching for the family of a child found wandering in Detroit on Thursday.
Police say the child, who is nonverbal, was found at about 7 p.m. in the area of Linwood and Davison.
Anyone with information is asked to call DPD’s 10th Precinct at 313-596-1000.
On Wednesday, police were looking for the parents of another child found wandering at about 6:30 p.m. in the area of Clifton and Wetherby streets.
That child has since been reunited with family.
For some, basketball is just a fun sport to play. But for others, it’s a ticket to a better future.
Several Michigan high school athletes have already signed up to play college basketball next year. But before that time comes, a few of them will get the chance to play against each other.
Dreamz Two Reality, an independent recruiting platform for student athletes in Michigan, will host its first All-American basketball game at 4 p.m. this Saturday, May 4, at Detroit Catholic Central High School in Novi. Dreamz Two Reality owner and founder Roy Jackson joined The Metro on Thursday to discuss the game and what it could mean for the students.
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Jackson says he played basketball professionally overseas for seven years and is thinking about the next generation of hoopers.
“I always want to give back to the kids because I know how hard it is nowadays,” Jackson said. “And I got a lot of kids hitting me up all over the Midwest. And I’m just like, let me just create a platform that had been missing for a while, that would give kids the opportunity to display their talent.”
For players, Jackson says, it can be hard to get the attention of basketball programs.
“Michigan, we got talent, and I feel like it needs to be displayed,” he said. “We got 14 Division One Signees that didn’t make it to the Jordan Brand [Classic] or the McDonald’s All American, but they still are all Americans. And I’m like, I’m from Michigan, so let me bring this platform here. Two, three, four years from now you never know how big you might get.”
Use the media player above to hear the full interview with Dreamz Two Reality Basketball owner and founder Roy Jackson.
More headlines from The Metro on May 2, 2024:
- If you’re not a fan of trillions of flying bugs, you’ll probably want to avoid parts of Michigan this year. A wave of cicadas are expected to emerge this spring across Illinois, Missouri and southern parts of Michigan. To teach us more about the emerging cicada broods, we were joined by Hannah Burrack, professor and chair of the Department of Entomology at Michigan State University.
- A new version of the popular board game Settlers of Catan, “Catan: New Energies,” introduces energy production and pollution into the gameplay. NPR’s Nate Rott spoke with journalist Emily Kwong about the new board game, which hits shelves this summer.
- This Saturday at Hamtramck’s Book Suey, urban planner and commentator Idrees Mutahr will be giving a talk on how the Detroit economy influenced the thinking and writing of celebrated journalist and urbanist Jane Jacobs. Mutahr joined the show to talk about the event.
- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently announced a new initiative aimed at training 5,000 new infrastructure workers by 2030, using a portion of federal funding coming to the state. To help us understand the goals of the new initiative, Brookings Metro Fellow Joe Kane joined the show.
- From 2008 to 2015, Michigan had tax incentives for commercials, television, and movie production. Major studio pictures like the Transformers films and “Batman v Superman” were shot here. But Republicans – with the help of then-governor Rick Snyder – stopped providing the incentives, citing a lack of return on the investment. Now, with Democrats in control in Lansing, the Michigan Film Industry Association (MFIA) hopes to revive the tax credits. Bill Latka, board member on the MFIA’s legislative action committee, spoke with WDET’s Russ McNamara about those efforts.
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(CBS DETROIT) – The U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force is searching for a Metro Detroit man wanted in connection to a fatal shooting that happened in March.
On March 26, Daniel Lamar Franklin allegedly shot a man in the area of W. Michigan and W. Warner avenues in Ypsilanti.
Deputies found the victim non-responsive in his vehicle with several gunshot wounds.
Eyewitnesses at the scene identified Franklin as the shooter. He was last seen wearing red clothing and left the area in an unknown vehicle.
Franklin is described as being 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing about 175 lbs., with brown eyes. His last known hairstyle is short black hair.
Authorities say Franklin has a history of weapons offenses, and they believe he is armed and dangerous.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the U.S. Marshals Service at (866) 865-TIPS (8477), submit a tip online via the USMS Tips App or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-Speak-Up.
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