Trey Wingo on NFL Draft's Las Vegas debut, marathon ESPN broadcast, uncertainty around No. 1 pick

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LAS VEGAS – The NFL Draft will be held in Las Vegas for the first time as the league has come to fully embrace sports gambling and all the dollars and cents that have come with it.

Caesars Entertainment, the official casino sponsor of the NFL, will be hosting the draft. The NFL Draft Theater and NFL Draft Experience will be adjacent to the Caesars Forum and behind the High Roller, which towers over The Linq and the rest of the Las Vegas Strip.

Trey Wingo, Caesars’ chief trends officer and former ESPN broadcaster, told Fox News Digital in a recent interview that having the draft in the entertainment capital of the world made the most sense to him.

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On April 26, 2022, Caesars Palace is ready for the NFL Draft. (Ryan Gaydos/Fox News)

"I'm old enough to remember 2014 when the NFL kiboshed Tony Romo from having a fantasy football convention at a Vegas hotel and now we’re here at the draft and down the street from the Las Vegas Raiders. Times change, things evolve," Wingo said. "Once the Supreme Court struck down that ruling, all bets were off. The NFL’s really good at two things – making money and keeping our attention year-round. This was a massive market for them to delve into and it’s worked out really well for them.

"Ten years ago, I would’ve said you’re crazy. Now, it makes all the sense in the world."

Wingo will be working with his former ESPN colleague Kenny Mayne on taking over some of Caesars' social media accounts, which he jokingly said "could be a disaster and it could be very awesome." Wingo said he’ll be doing a lot of reading and react and analyze the draft picks as they come in as