Trump announces NFL Draft to take place on National Mall with more than 1 million people expected to visit

The NFL Draft volition beryllium held connected the National Mall successful 2027, President Donald Trump announced Monday, with the anticipation that much than 1 cardinal radical volition travel to the lawsuit implicit the people of its 3 days.

Trump spoke to the close of the Resolute Desk successful the Oval Office of the White House. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, Washington Commanders squad proprietor Josh Harris and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser thanked the president for his practice successful helping to get the woody done.

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A shot presented to President Donald Trump is pictured arsenic Trump speaks during an lawsuit to denote that the 2027 NFL Draft volition beryllium held connected the National Mall, successful the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, May 5, 2025, successful Washington.  (Alex Brandon/AP Photo)

"The draught has truly go 1 of the large amusement and sports events," Goodell said. "Over a week agone successful Green Bay, we had implicit 600,000 radical attend. The twelvemonth before, successful Detroit, we had adjacent to 800,000. … We judge we’ll beryllium good implicit a cardinal erstwhile we travel present to D.C. successful 2027.

"Not lone bash we judge it’s a large site, we judge it’s accordant with what the president said, which is investing successful our communities and investing specifically present successful the nation’s capital. … We deliberation we tin person a tremendous interaction connected this community. It volition not conscionable beryllium an event. It volition beryllium thing that volition amusement the satellite however acold the nation’s superior has travel and wherever it’s going."

Washington Commanders proprietor Josh Harris, from left, and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell ticker arsenic a shot is presented to President Donald Trump during an lawsuit to denote that the 2027 NFL Draft volition beryllium held connected the National Mall, successful the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, May 5, 2025, successful Washington.  (Alex Brandon/AP Photo)

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Harris called it a "great time for Washington." He presented the president with a Commanders jersey and called Trump the "ultimate commander."

The draught was, astatine 1 point, a imperishable fixture astatine Radio City Music Hall successful New York City. The lawsuit was held each successful 1 day. However, arsenic the NFL took the draft on the road, the lawsuit moved to 3 days. Chicago hosted it successful 2015-16 with Philadelphia and Dallas hosting it aft that.

Goodell announced the picks from location successful the 2020 draught due to the fact that of the coronavirus pandemic. Cleveland, Las Vegas, Kansas City and Detroit had it aft that.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell listens arsenic President Donald Trump speaks during an lawsuit to denote that the 2027 NFL Draft volition beryllium held connected the National Mall, successful the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, May 5, 2025, successful Washington.  (Alex Brandon/AP Photo)

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Pittsburgh volition beryllium the big tract adjacent year.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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