Roger Goodell floats holding NFL draft in Charlotte and returning for something bigger later

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The NFL has become something of a traveling road show, with games played all over the Earth, the draft held throughout the country, and the Super Bowl touring one elite American city after another. And Charlotte may be close to becoming one of the destinations.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Thursday evening during a fireside chat hosted by Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper that he believes Charlotte would lend itself to hosting an NFL draft, and he did not dismiss the idea of the city getting a Super Bowl at some point in the future.

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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell addresses the media during the Super Bowl Winning Team Head Coach and MVP Press Conference at the Mandalay Bay North Convention Center on Feb. 12, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Don Juan Moore/Getty Images)

"...You see the way the downtown's evolving..." Goodell told an audience of Panthers and local dignitaries gathered to celebrate the renewed naming right for Bank of America Stadium and the facility's renovation. "The first [thing] came into my mind: I said to David, 'This is built for a draft.'

"It's the location of Charlotte in general. And I think the way the draft is now, it's close to a million people attended. And they're coming from all over, including internationally. And it's become a global event that I think would be a terrific thing here in this town, with everything that's being built."

The NFL draft is is spoken for over the next two years. Washington D.C. will hold the event in 2027 and Minneapolis has the event for