Events and Attractions

LIV Adelaide sees 94K fans over three day event

Weekend Rap - 04/28/2024

LIV Golf’s Adelaide event this year drew more that 94,000 over the three competition days, exceeding the total crowd of “just under 77,000” fans for last year's three competition days. This year's number “will be bigger again in 2025 for the event roundly agreed by the LIV players...

Detroit shatters NFL Draft attendance record

Weekend Rap - 04/28/2024

The 2024 NFL Draft wrapped up in Detroit on Saturday and set a new NFL Draft attendance record with 775,000 people over three days. The NFL previously announced that 550,000 people had been in attendance for the first two days. Breaking the all-time attendance record was “great...

Astros, Rockies Mexico series draws big crowd

Weekend Rap - 04/28/2024

The Astros and Rockies met for the opener of their two-game series in Mexico City on Saturday and drew a crowd of 19,934 amid a “festive atmosphere at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú.” Fans began to fill the 20,000-seat stadium three hours before first pitch. The Astros had...

Miami GP issues warning to Trump fundraiser

Weekend Rap - 04/28/2024

The F1 Miami Grand Prix sent a cease-and-desist letter Friday night to prominent Donald Trump fundraiser Steven Witkoff informing him that he “cannot use a suite at an upcoming Formula One race as a high-dollar fundraiser for the Trump campaign.” Sources said that the former President has...

Goodell: NFL Draft events exceeding expectations

Closing Bell - 04/26/2024

A record crowd of 275,000 fans at the first night of the 2024 NFL Draft in Detroit once again put the spotlight on the popularity of the event, and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell admitted the Draft has exceeded even internal expectations. He said,...

The Lions' share: Detroit shines as host of 2024 NFL Draft

Daily - 04/26/2024 | Daily - 04/26/2024

Thursday was a “magical, wild night in Detroit,” as a reported 275,000 people set an NFL record by attending the first round of the 2024 Draft, according to Jeff Seidel of the DETROIT FREE PRESS. More than a quarter million fans “showed up to cram...

QBs, offensive players dominate the first round

Morning Buzz - 04/26/2024

This year's NFL Draft was the fourth time in the common draft era that QBs went with the top three picks, with three more going in the top 12 -- the "fewest number of picks for six QBs to be drafted" in the history of the event. This marked...

Draft sets single-day attendance record in Detroit

Morning Buzz - 04/26/2024

The first night of the NFL Draft was a hit in Detroit, as the NFL reported a single-day attendance record of 275,000 fans while police officials estimated the turnout at 400,000. Driving "was an ordeal and parking a fantasy." Entire streets were "cordoned off and turned into...

How NIL is affecting the NFL Draft

Unpacks Newsletter - 04/26/2024 | CU Professor News - 04/25/2024

Kirby Smart never minces words. Frankly, he hardly ever dances around points at all. So when asked about name, image and likeness and its relationship with player development, Smart cuts to the crux of a sentiment percolating throughout college football with his usual bluntness. “There’s...

ESPN's Tim Reed reflects on 'massive production' that the NFL Draft has become

Football Newsletter - 04/25/2024

This year marks the 10th NFL Draft to be on the road since leaving Manhattan, and ESPN VP/Programming and Acquisitions Tim Reed joined me on this week’s SBJ Sports Media Podcast to talk about the “massive production” that the event has become. “It just takes over the whole...

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The reason why we chose to be downtown is we really wanted that compelling backdrop. And when you see those sweeping scenes in Campus Martius, down Woodward, into Hart Plaza, that's the most beautiful show.
-- NFL Senior Dir of Events Nicki Ewell, on the league's reasons for choosing downtown Detroit as the location for this year's NFL Draft. DETROIT NEWS, 4/25.

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LIV Adelaide sees 94K fans over three day event

Detroit shatters NFL Draft attendance record

Astros, Rockies Mexico series draws big crowd

Miami GP issues warning to Trump fundraiser

Goodell: NFL Draft events exceeding expectations

The Lions' share: Detroit shines as host of 2024 NFL Draft

QBs, offensive players dominate the first round

Draft sets single-day attendance record in Detroit

How NIL is affecting the NFL Draft

ESPN's Tim Reed reflects on 'massive production' that the NFL Draft has become

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