NEW YORK — Despite a heavy move from Eagles ownership and the city of Philadelphia, Dallas won the right to host the 2018 NFL draft.
Commissioner Roger Goodell made the announcement Wednesday alongside Charlotte Jones Anderson, a Cowboys executive vice president and the daughter of owner Jerry Jones. The three-day event will be held in the Cowboys stadium in Arlington, Texas.
April’s draft was held on the Ben Franklin Parkway and was an unprecedented success. Goodell acknowledged that Philadelphia, which hadn’t hosted the draft since 1961, “set the bar high” for future drafts.
Spokesman Joe Lockhart said the league’s plan is to rotate the draft’s venue each year because up to 20 teams expressed interest in hosting it.