The clock is ticking until the 2024 NFL Draft — quite literally at Campus Martius, where a giant clock displaying a countdown to the big event ticks away second by second.
In about 150 days, Detroit will host one of the biggest sporting events from April 25-27. The key, said Mayor Mike Duggan at a preview event Monday night, is keeping it centrally located downtown. He’d been to the drafts held in Kansas City and Las Vegas, but said the events weren’t connected to the city — almost like holding the Detroit draft on Belle Isle.