The NFL draft is heading to Music City.League owners awarded the 2019 draft to Nashville during their annual spring meetings on Wednesday
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uniforms for the Tennessee Titans.
”You’re now on the clock,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell quipped to the Nashville contingent, led by Titans controlling owner Amy Adams Strunk.
The draft was held in New York City from 1965-2014, but the league has been moving it to different cities in recent years, looking to bolster its profile
even higher.
Chicago was the site in 2015-16, Philadelphia hosted in 2017 and this year’s draft was held at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas , home of the Dallas
Cowboys.
”It has become one of the most anticipated events of the year,” Goodell said. ”It’s one of the events we’re continually focused on (to determine) how we can
to be more effective
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this year. They did a wonderful job.”
Now, Nashville will be hosting for the first time .
”It’s a big day for Nashville,” Strunk said. ”Being entrusted with one of the league’s premier gatherings is an honor and a responsibility that we take
seriously.”
Nashville was chosen over several other bids, including a combined one from Cleveland and Canton, Ohio, home of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Northeast
Ohio group remains hopeful to land the 2020 draft, which would coincide with the
league’s centennial.
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