NFL Draft Returns to Philadelphia for First Time in Over 50 Years
PHILADELPHIA (973espn.com) - It’s official, the 2017 NFL Draft will be in Philadelphia, the first time the annual event will be held in the City of Brotherly Love since 1961 when the Warwick Hotel hosted it.
Representatives of the NFL, the city, and the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau confirmed that the 82nd version of the draft would be returning at a City Hall press conference Thursd