The 2024 NFL Draft was worth $213.6 million to Detroit, although the benefits of hosting one of the league's premier events continue.
"My dreams were exceeded by our reality," said Claude Molinari, CEO of Visit Detroit, even before the final report on the Detroit draft's economic impact was released Thursday. "This event paid for itself 10-fold in so many ways. A friend said, 'You guys just got a three-day lovefest for Detroit on national TV. In a million years you could not buy that type of advertising for your destination.'"
Green Bay will host the 2025 NFL draft from April 24 to 26.