2024 NFL Draft in Detroit up next after Super Bowl, as all eyes turn to Motor City
FOX 2 DETROIT – While excitement is building for Super Bowl LVIII, attention will soon shift to Detroit and the 2024 NFL Draft, which is less than 80 days away, as another season comes to an end.
“Right now, my heart is pounding. We are targeting April 25th,” stated Dave Beachnau. “Planning will amplify here very quickly, but we’ve got a good plan in place.”
This week, Beachnau is in Las Vegas working with a committee from Detroit to organize one of the biggest NFL showcases of the year. In addition, he serves as the Detroit Sports Commission’s executive director.
His group has been collaborating with the Detroit police, the mayor’s office, the Downtown Detroit Partnership, and the Lions to organize “a mini Super Bowl,” as Beachnau puts it.
The planning committee will see sketches of the proposed layout, which will run from Campus Martius Park to Hart Plaza, for the first time later this week.
“When you think about the draft main stage theater, that’s going to be built around Campus Martius Park, there’s so many moving pieces to it from street closures to impact on the businesses,”
