The NFL has awarded the 2026 draft to Pittsburgh with the Steelers ready to tap Pennsylvania’s deep football tradition trying to meet the new standard for host cities. League officials announced the decision Wednesday as part of the NFL spring meetings. Owners chose Pittsburgh after reviewing the bid along with the advisory committee.
Pittsburgh Steelers owner Arthur Rooney II speaks during a news conference at the NFL football owners’ spring meetings Tuesday, May 21, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. Pittsburgh Steelers owner Arthur Rooney II attends NFL football owners spring meetings Tuesday, May 21, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. Pittsburgh Steelers owner Arthur Rooney II speaks during a news conference at the NFL football owners’ spring meetings Tuesday, May 21, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn.
Pittsburgh owner Art Rooney II said Detroit and Kansas City helped set a very high bar for hosting one of the NFL’s premier events. He said the Steelers look forward to following that tradition tapping into the roots of pro football in a state that sent the likes of Mike Ditka, Dan Marino and Joe Montana to the NFL.
“We think it’ll be the largest visitor event in the history of Pittsburgh hosting hundreds of thousands of people and really football fans from all over the country,” Rooney said. “Certainly, the Steelers nation from all over the country we think will come for a visit. So we just look forward to hosting that.”
The NFL began rotating its annual draft around the country in 2015 starting in Chicago after holding the event in New York between 1965 and 2014. Philadelphia hosted in 2018 followed by Nashville, Cleveland in 2021, Las Vegas in 2022 and Kansas City in 2023.
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