The NFL draft heads to the national capital.
The league announced on Monday that Washington, DC, will host the NFL draft in 2027, Commissioner Roger Goodell and the owner of Washington commanders Josh Harris joined President Donald Trump in the White House.
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Trump said the project will take place on the National Mall, a possibility Axios first reported Sunday.
The decision to keep the project at DC occurs a week after The commanders unveiled plans to return to the city and the RFK campus They played for decades. The team is expected to build a new stadium that will contain around 65,000 people and will include a roof. The objective is to have the stadium, which will considerably improve the chances of commanders to host a super bowl, open by 2030.
Commanders won three Super Bowls when they were playing at the RFK stadium. The team left for Landover, Maryland, before the 1997 season. The RFK stadium was not used since 2017 and DC took control of the field in December – which contributed to the commanding agreement to return to the site. The team is expected to invest around $ 2.7 billion in the stadium, although this decision has not yet been approved by the DC Council.
The NFL draft took place in Green Bay, Wisconsin, last month for the first time in history. The project has already taken place in New York for decades before traveling again in 2015. Over 600,000 fans attended the draft During the three days of this spring, which is among the most frequented projects in history and doubly the population of the metropolitan region of Green Bay.
Pittsburgh should host the NFL draft next year. Denver also submitted an offer to host the project in 2027. DC with the head of the head, broncos will probably be raised in the list in the near future.
