Ever since Detroit Lions team president Rod Wood was hired to be the franchise’s team president, he’s been trying to bring the NFL Draft to the city of Detroit. The NFL started rotating host cities for the draft in 2014 after a long stint at Radio City Music Hall in New York with stops in Chicago, Philadelphia, Arlington, and Nashville. Wood took over as team president in 2015.
Detroit’s first bid to hold the NFL Draft was turned down three years ago when the league decided to hold the 2020 and 2021 drafts in Las Vegas and Cleveland, respectively (obviously, the Las Vegas draft was canceled last year).