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Sports Business Journal's Ben Fischer reported the Minnesota Vikings are the favorites to host the 2028 NFL Draft.
There are no confirmed reports of the Super Bowl returning to Minneapolis soon. But the Minnesota Vikings are closing in on hosting another major NFL event — the NFL Draft.
Sports Business Journal’s Ben Fischer reported Thursday the Vikings are the “clear favorites” to host the event in two years.
Fischer added in his report the NFL’s events committee could announce Minneapolis’s successful NFL Draft bid at a league events committee scheduled for May 19-20 in Orlando.
The Vikings and Minnesota Sports and Events placed a bid to the league in March to host the draft. Fischer wrote it’s the team and committee’s plan to “make U.S. Bank Stadium the center of the draft weekend, with events also in St. Paul, the Mall of America and the Viking Lakes development around the team’s Egan HQ.”
Minnesota has never hosted the NFL Draft.
Dave Holcomb is a sports reporter covering the NFL and MLB for Heavy.com, with a focus on the Pittsburgh Steelers and a variety of other NFL teams. Originally from Pittsburgh, Holcomb has covered college and professional sports for outlets including FanSided, Rotowire and Yardbarker. More about Dave Holcomb