Lions take part in event to celebrate 2024 NFL Draft in Detroit

“For the previous couple of years we have been on a mission to safe the NFL Draft for the Metropolis of Detroit,” Hamp stated. “And making it occur has really been a workforce effort. Our pitch to the league centered on our multi-generational fanbase and the dedication and love our followers have for the Lions, the NFL and the sport of soccer.”

Climate allowing, the draft will likely be held outdoors with the primary stage at Campus Martius Park. The plan is to make use of loads of the venues round downtown, together with Fox Theatre and Hart Plaza, with music occasions being deliberate at Ford Discipline and probably even Little Caesars Enviornment. There can even be fireworks over the Detroit River between Detroit and Canada.

Goodell stated Nashville introduced in as many as 600,000 folks once they hosted the draft a pair years in the past. He posed a problem to Detroit to prime that quantity in 2024.

The 2022 NFL Draft will happen in Las Vegas later this month, April 28-30, adopted by 2023 in Kansas Metropolis, April 27-29.

“On behalf of the whole Lions group, we’re thrilled to be internet hosting the 2024 NFL Draft,” Hamp stated. “We’re excited to indicate the soccer world the eagerness, partnership and progress that has at all times outlined Detroit.”