Philadelphia hosted the 2017 NFL Draft. Pittsburgh will get its turn nearly 10 years later. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro believes in attendance, the Steel City will top the City of Brotherly Love.
Speaking at a Thursday press conference one day after the NFL officially awarded the 2026 NFL Draft to Pittsburgh, Shapiro and company set high expectations for the event.
“Philly hosted a few years ago,” Shapiro said via the Steelers’ YouTube channel. “They had a quarter million people. And let me say, and I mean no disrespect to Philly. I love Philly. But this is going to do even better in terms of numbers than Philadelphia.