LadyStanley
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NFL Draft: Record 275,000 fans swarm downtown Detroit to witness first round
Detroit's revival as a football city was on full display Thursday night.
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Detroit sets NFL draft record at 275k for 1st round attendance
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Maybe I'm just cynical with the Chargers relocating but I enjoyed the NFL draft more when it was a more niche thing that started on a Saturday morning.
Ever since it moved to prime time in 2010, it hasn't hit the same. I remember trying to rush home from work that year only to have the Chargers pick spoiled for me by non-sports radio.
It's also amusing to me when the pan the crowd for a reaction shot and the people there have zero clue who the player is, they just want to make noise. Albeit this sort of thing typically happens at the NHL Draft too, but at least everybody (for one draft) is there in person.
Ever since it moved to prime time in 2010, it hasn't hit the same. I remember trying to rush home from work that year only to have the Chargers pick spoiled for me by non-sports radio.
It's also amusing to me when the pan the crowd for a reaction shot and the people there have zero clue who the player is, they just want to make noise. Albeit this sort of thing typically happens at the NHL Draft too, but at least everybody (for one draft) is there in person.
Oh I'm very aware. Definitely more lucrative to get more eyeballs in primetime. Just saying that for me personally, I haven't enjoyed it as much. Also it seems like the NHL has been avoiding scheduling playoff games against the draft. Back in 2012, I had the draft on mute in order to watch Devils/Panthers game 7.
LadyStanley
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Not going to lie, I got anxiety seeing that crowd on TV, especially as nighttime came and it was obviously not lit up well enough.
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Detroit says 2024 NFL Draft generated more than $213 million in economic impact
The draft, which drew 775,000 attendees, also brought in $161.3 million in visitor spending, according to Visit Detroit and the Detroit Sports Commission.
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Claims $213m in economic impact
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I liked Radio row or whatever it is called better. The fans were more "real", you always got good reactions from Jets fans and Eagles fans (especially McNabb and Sanchez), and it moved at a good pace.
Most of that has gone away. Everyone cheers their pick like he's a future hall of famer, well except when the Giants took Daniel Jones.
Most of that has gone away. Everyone cheers their pick like he's a future hall of famer, well except when the Giants took Daniel Jones.
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How dare people cheer for the home team draft pick?!
The outrage.
I too, also want it to be exclusively held in one city. The city with the fans that just incessantly boo their team's draft pick, like real fans do
I think the hard core fans preferred the 2 day format where you had 3 rounds on the first day. The draft parties were more fun too.
I like the rotating cities because NYC shouldn't have a monopoly on the fun.
