The NFL draft is a special occasion. Not just for the college players, who achieve their dreams and turn pros. Not just for the NFL teams who get to pick the marquee players and take the franchise in the right direction.
The NFL Draft is also special for the city that hosts the draft. There are various benefits that come from hosting the draft from economic to monetary.
The 2024 NFL Draft will be held in the city of Detroit, Michiga. Campus Martius Park and Hart Plaza will serve as the primary location for the draft. The 2023 NFL Draft took place outside Union Station in Kansas City. There were a total of 312,000 people who attended the mega annual event in April 2023.
The dates for the 2025 NFL Draft was announced recently. Let us get into the details of the 2025 NFL draft.
2025 NFL Draft location: Where is it happening?
The 2025 NFL Draft will be taking place in the city of Green Bay, Wisconsin, in and around iconic Lambeau Field and Titletown. The dates for the 2025 NFL Draft is set from 25 Apriil through 26 April.
The Packers are an iconic franchise in the history of the National Football League. And Green Bay will get to host its first ever mega event in the year 2025.
The NFL Draft has become one of the biggest sporting events in a calendar year. Since 2015, there have been over 2.2 million people who’ve attended the three-day extravaganza. The 2023 NFL Draft saw more than 54 million viewers and 312,000 fans in attendance in Kansas City.
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What to expect in Green Bay for the 2025 NFL Draft?
The 2025 NFL Draft is coming to the city of Green Bay for the first time. And different locations around the Lambeau Field will be used to host the annual event.
While the city of Green Bay is comparatively a small market with a population of 107,000, this draft will be the biggest event hosted in the home of the Packers. The expected crowd for the 2025 NFL Draft is around 250,000 people.
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The three-day annual event will see various activities happen across several days in the city of Green Bay for the fans to have a thorough NFL Draft experience. This will be free for all the fans to enjoy and cheer for their favorite team. The festivities will be open across all the three days of the draft.
NFL Draft location by year
The 2025 NFL Draft will be the 90th edition of the three-day mega event. The city of Philadelphia hosted the first ever NFL Draft in the year 1936. The last edition of the NFL Draft happened in Detroit in 2024.
The following is a list of all the previous cities and the location in which the NFL Draft took place.
| Year | Location | City |
| 1936 | Ritz-Carlton | Philadelphia |
| 1937 | Hotel Lincoln | New York |
| 1938 | Hotel Sherman | Chicago |
| 1939 | Hotel New Yorker | New York |
| 1940 | Schroeder Hotel | Milwaukee |
| 1941 | Willard Hotel | Washington, D.C. |
| 1942-44 | Palmer House | Chicago |
| 1945-47 | Hotel Commodore | New York |
| 1948 | Hotel Fort Pitt | Pittsburgh |
| 1949-50 | Bellevue-Stratford Hotel | Philadelphia |
| 1951 | Blackstone Hotel | Chicago |
| 1952 | Hotel Statler | New York |
| 1953-54 | Bellevue-Stratford Hotel | Philadelphia |
| 1955 | Warwick Hotel | New York |
| 1956 | Bellevue-Stratford Hotel (Rounds 1-3) | Philadelphia |
| | Ambassador Hotel (Rounds 4-30) | Los Angeles |
| 1957 | Warwick Hotel (Rounds 1-4) | Philadelphia |
| | Bellevue-Stratford Hotel (Rounds 5-30) | Philadelphia |
| 1958-61 | Warwick Hotel | Philadelphia |
| 1962-64 | Sheraton Hotel | Chicago |
| 1965-66 | Summit Hotel | New York |
| 1967 | Hotel Gotham | New York |
| 1968-71 | Belmont Plaza Hotel | New York |
| 1972 | Essex House | New York |
| 1973-74 | Americana Hotel | New York |
| 1975 | Hilton Hotel | New York |
| 1976-78 | Roosevelt Hotel | New York |
| 1979 | Waldorf | New York |
| 1980-83 | Sheraton Hotel | New York |
| 1984-85 | Omni Park Central Hotel | New York |
| 1986-94 | Marriott Marquis | New York |
| 1995-2004 | Theatre at Madison Square Garden | New York |
| 2005 | Jacob Javits Convention Center | New York |
| 2006-2014 | Radio City Music Hall | New York |
| 2015-16 | Auditorium Theatre at Roosevelt University / Grant Park | Chicago |
| 2017 | Benjamin Franklin Parkway | Philadelphia |
| 2018 | AT&T Stadium | Dallas |
| 2019 | Downtown Nashville | Nashville |
| 2020 | Remote | Remote |
| 2021 | Downtown Cleveland | Cleveland |
| 2022 | Las Vegas Strip & Caesars Forum | Las Vegas |
| 2023 | Downtown Kansas City | Kansas City |
| 2024 | Downtown Detroit | Detroit |
| 2025 | Lambeau Field | Green Bay |
FAQs
A. There have been 57 NFL Drafts hosted by the city of New York. Philadelphia and Chicago follow next with 13 and 9 NFL drafts respectively.
A. The location in and around iconic Lambeau Field and Titletown will be the primary site for the 2025 NFL draft.
A. The first ever NFL Draft took place in 1936 in the city of Philadelphia.
A. The 2024 NFL draft will happen in Detroit, around the Hart Plaza and Campus Marius.
A. The 2016 NFL draft happened at the Auditorium Theatre and Grant Park in Chicago.
