KUSA – A contingent representing the City of Denver was in Dallas last week to make one more pitch for hosting the NFL Draft to league officials.
Denver is one of five finalists to host the NFL Draft in either 2019 or 2020. The league will announce the winners at its spring meetings May 21-23 in Atlanta.
The other four finalists: Cleveland-Canton, Las Vegas, Nashville and Kansas City. According to sources familiar with the process, Denver primarily focused its presentation on 2019 with the draft to be held at Red Rocks Amphitheatre and the Fan Party to be held at Civic Center Park.
The City of Denver has scheduling conflicts in 2020 that limits the downtown hotel availability.
However, the sources believe Cleveland-Canton appears to be the candidate to beat in 2019 as it would coincide with the 100th season of the NFL, which was founded in Canton in September, 1920.
The sense is Nashville and Las Vegas are the leading candidates to host the draft in 2020.
