Getty ImagesNearly a decade ago, the NFL draft became a traveling road show by accident, when Radio City Music Hall wasn’t available and the league had to look elsewhere. This year, it’s Kansas City. “No one can really think of anything that would have been bigger,” Kathy Nelson, president and CEO of the Kansas City Sports Commission and Visit KC, said, via Forbes.com. “This is probably the largest sporting event and possibly even the largest event our city has ever hosted.”It’s why more and more cities want to host the draft. Like the team in Kansas City did six years ago, when trading up for a quarterback named Patrick Mahomes.

Source: Forbes April 11, 2023 16:05 UTC