Dates have been announced for 2024 NFL Draft in Detroit

Detroit and the Lions will play host for the 2024 NFL Draft, and the exact dates have now been announced.

After decades in New York and Radio City Music Hall, the NFL has made the draft a traveling event fans can attend. This year’s event is in Kansas City, but Detroit and the Detroit Lions were confirmed as hosts of the 2024 NFL Draft about a year ago.

On Thursday, the league and the Lions announced the dates for the 2024 draft.

Via the Lions’ website, next year’s draft will take place from April 25-27, 2024.

Claude Molinari, Vice President and CEO of Visit Detroit, had a statement attached to the announcement.

"It’s another great day in the Detroit region, with the official announcement of dates for the 2024 NFL Draft,”  “Fans locally and across the nation can now mark their calendars and plan their visit for a celebration of football and Detroit hospitality. Planning will intensify and we will continue to collaborate with the City of Detroit, the Detroit Lions, Downtown Detroit Partnership and other key stakeholders to ensure the event creates a beneficial lasting legacy for all members of our community.”"

Detroit mayor Mike Duggan sees the opportunity to showcase the Motor City.

"Detroiters have shown many times our ability to put on highly successful national events and we will be ready again to welcome the world next April,” “Next year’s NFL Draft is going be an incredible opportunity for hundreds of thousands of visitors to see the progress our city is making.”"

2024 NFL Draft in Detroit: When, where and what

Per the announcement, the area around Campus Martius Park and Hart Plaza will serve as the event site for the draft in Detroit.

As part of the event, the NFL Draft Experience, the NFL’s interactive football theme park presumably similar to the Super Bowl Experience around the Super Bowl each year, will provide fans a free opportunity to take part in participatory games, enjoy interactive exhibits, musical performances, autograph sessions and take pictures with the Vince Lombardi Trophy. The 2024 NFL Draft Experience in Detroit will be open all three days of the event.

Fans interested in more information about the 2024 NFL Draft in Detroit can find it here.