{"id":27289,"date":"2025-05-06T02:59:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T02:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/27289\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T02:59:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T02:59:15","slug":"washington-to-host-2027-nfl-draft-on-the-national-mall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/27289\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington to host 2027 NFL Draft on the National Mall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The 2027 NFL Draft is heading to the nation\u2019s capital, with plans to hold the event on the National Mall, President Donald Trump said Monday.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The NFL Draft is coming to the nation&#8217;s capital<\/p>\n<p>See you in 2027! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C9A17b9OOd\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/C9A17b9OOd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Washington Commanders (@Commanders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Commanders\/status\/1919449538420527387?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">May 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After word of Washington getting the draft two years from now surfaced Sunday night, Trump made the formal announcement in the Oval Office flanked by Commissioner Roger Goodell, Commanders controlling owner Josh Harris and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s ever been anything like that,\u201d Trump said. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>2027 NFL Draft marks latest news surrounding Washington, Commanders<\/p>\n<p>It is the latest off-field victory for the Commanders, who a week ago <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/nfl-stories\/commanders\/3582273\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reached an agreement<\/a> with the D.C. government to build a new home on the old RFK Stadium site, pending council approval. Trump also endorsed that plan in his remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Under former owner Dan Snyder, the team previously tried multiple times to land the draft and was unsuccessful. Now, it\u2019ll happen behind the team\u2019s new Harris-led ownership group, which bought the Commanders from Snyder in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Green Bay, the NFL\u2019s smallest market, hosted the most recent draft in late April outside historic Lambeau Field. The NFL announced a crowd of 600,000 fans attended over the three days.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL Draft used to be a fixture at Radio City Music Hall in New York and has become an even bigger hit since it hit the road in 2015. Chicago hosted the draft in 2015 and \u201816. Philadelphia had it in \u201917, followed by Dallas and Nashville.<\/p>\n<p>Goodell announced the picks from his house in 2020 during the pandemic. It went to Cleveland in 2021 followed by Las Vegas, Kansas City and Detroit. A record crowd of 750,000 attended Detroit\u2019s draft in 2024. Pittsburgh will host next year.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AZSports\" data-show-count=\"false\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Follow @AZSports<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/arizona-sports-newsletter-signup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AZSportsEmail-300x250-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"mobile-signup\"\/>\t&#13;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AZSportsEmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"desktop-signup\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The 2027 NFL Draft is heading to the nation\u2019s capital, with plans to hold the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27290,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2078],"tags":[375,390,1632,2604,1327,7,1631,6,1630],"class_list":{"0":"post-27289","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-cardinals","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-arizona-cardinals","10":"tag-arizona-sports-now-on-98-7-fm","11":"tag-arizonacardinals","12":"tag-cardinals","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-home","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-phoenix-arizona-sports-news-phoenix-breaking-sports-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114458654702663395","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}