Report: Minnesota is the "clear favorite" to host 2028 draft
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Event is expected to be awarded in May 2026.
Next year's draft will happen in D. C. The location of the draft after that has yet to be determined.
Signs are pointing to the Twin Cities. Austin Karp of Sports Business Journal reports that Minnesota is the " clear favorite " to host the 2028 draft. Minnesota submitted a bid in March.
The three-day process would center on U. S. Bank Stadium.
Other events would happen in St. Paul, at the Mall of America, and in the Viking Lakes development around the team’s headquarters in Eagan. The league's events committee is due to meet next week regarding the 2028 draft.