D.C.’s effort to host the 2027 NFL draft envisions staging a significant portion of the three-day event on the National Mall.
Representatives from Events DC — the convention and sports authority for the District — and the NPS, which administers the National Mall and monuments, have been in discussion with NFL executives for months about the possibility of holding the three-day event in the District, the emails show.
In an April message to NPS executives and Beverly Perry, a senior adviser to D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D), NFL senior vice president of public policy and government affairs Brendon Plack confirmed D.