The city of Detroit's selection Monday as the host of the 2024 National Football League Draft will likely be the biggest, and most anticipated, sports event held in the city in more than a decade.
If other cities that have also hosted the draft are any indicator, the three-day event could bring hundreds of thousands of visitors — and their wallets — to downtown Detroit. Besides the draft, music events are planned for Ford Field and Little Caesars Arena and fireworks for the Detroit River.
City officials and civic leaders called the city's selection "historic" and "momentous.