Trump Announces Washington D.C. Will Host 2027 NFL Draft
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The National Football League will host its 2027 draft in Washington, D.C., U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Monday (May 05) at the White House, bringing the league's biggest off-season event to the nation's capital for the first time since 1940.
The three-day event that regularly attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors is expected to take place on the National Mall, a stone's throw from the White House.
"The draft is a celebration of one of our country's most cherished cultural institutions," said Trump, speaking from inside the Oval Office.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell told reporters he expects more than one million visitors at the 2027 draft, far more than the estimated record 775,000 who attended the 2024 edition in Detroit.
The three-day event that regularly attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors is expected to take place on the National Mall, a stone's throw from the White House.
"The draft is a celebration of one of our country's most cherished cultural institutions," said Trump, speaking from inside the Oval Office.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell told reporters he expects more than one million visitors at the 2027 draft, far more than the estimated record 775,000 who attended the 2024 edition in Detroit.
