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NFL expected to award 2028 draft to Minneapolis
Sports Business Journal ^ | May 18, 2026

Posted on 05/18/2026 5:29:58 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

The NFL is “expected to award the 2028 draft to Minneapolis” during the owners meetings this week. A formal announcement is “likely to come Tuesday following a vote by owners.”

Local organizers led by the Minnesota Sports & Events commission submitted a bid in March for the event. This year’s draft in Pittsburgh drew a record 805,000 fans across the three days. MSE EVP/Business Development & Tourism Matt Meunier in March said that U.S. Bank Stadium would be a “‘foundational piece’ of the draft footprint.”

There also is a 4.2-acre park adjoining the stadium, known as The Commons. Weather in Minnesota can still be cold when the draft is held in late April, and Meunier said that the league had asked MSE to “‘lean into’ the stadium itself as part of its proposal.” The 2027 NFL Draft is scheduled to take place in D.C. (ESPN.com, 5/18).

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1 posted on 05/18/2026 5:29:58 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

downtown Minneapolis is not a safe place to be. good luck!


2 posted on 05/18/2026 5:41:10 PM PDT by cableguymn (Can't cancel all of us)
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To: MinorityRepublican

NFL is dead


3 posted on 05/18/2026 5:46:09 PM PDT by blitz128
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To: MinorityRepublican

Youser!
Let the riots begin...
They’ll be more interesting than this NFL event...
20,000 stinking Somalis packed into that area will be wonderful..


4 posted on 05/18/2026 5:48:00 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
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To: SuperLuminal

Oh they’ll clean up the city, just like the Nazis got rid of all the Anti-Semitic signs for the 1936 Olympic Games.


5 posted on 05/18/2026 5:49:51 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: MinorityRepublican

Of course!


6 posted on 05/18/2026 5:51:00 PM PDT by clintonh8r (The truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth. )
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To: blitz128

Mayor Jacob Frey is now wanting Minneapolis to HOST the 2028 NFL Draft..

LMAOO. pic.twitter.com/Y5YtYbxxjQ— American AF 🇺🇸 (@iAnonPatriot) March 25, 2026


7 posted on 05/18/2026 5:51:01 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: All

8 posted on 05/18/2026 5:53:00 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: dfwgator
Applicants are already lining up for cheerleading tryouts.

BurkaGroupWomen

9 posted on 05/18/2026 5:59:38 PM PDT by MikelTackNailer (If we comprehended the value of our limited time at an earlier age...)
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To: MikelTackNailer

How can they play the game, when the ball is made out of pigskin?


10 posted on 05/18/2026 6:00:15 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: MinorityRepublican

And yet NC lost the All-Star game because ********* (bathrooms)?


11 posted on 05/18/2026 6:16:10 PM PDT by Zack Attack
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To: MinorityRepublican

The Sammies are going to love it.


12 posted on 05/18/2026 6:20:53 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (NO KINGS?! No pineapple princesses either. Sandy Ocasio and Kamala Harris have got to go!!!)
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To: MinorityRepublican
The NFL..............
13 posted on 05/18/2026 6:40:13 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: dfwgator
"An official football is typically made from a cowhide leather shell, a polyurethane bladder, and synthetic laces."

Therefore they are halal and safe to eat when their EBT cards are deactivated.

14 posted on 05/18/2026 6:49:41 PM PDT by MikelTackNailer (If you merely LOOK the fool people won't take you seriously.)
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To: blitz128
The NFL showed their true colors when they spit in the face of all Americans, kneeling in solidarity with Communist organizations such as Black Lives MatterTM.

Good riddance to bad rubbish. May the league disappear into the dustbin of history.



15 posted on 05/18/2026 6:58:52 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: T.B. Yoits
It will be fabulous in Minnesota!!!




16 posted on 05/18/2026 7:00:13 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: T.B. Yoits
Tim Walz is looking forward to it.



17 posted on 05/18/2026 7:01:25 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: blitz128

NFL is queer. They took out ads to tell everyone.


18 posted on 05/18/2026 8:06:04 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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