On Friday, the Steelers announced they had officially submitted a bid for Pittsburgh to host either the 2026 or 2027 NFL draft. After it was conducted in New York City for several decades, the draft has been held in seven different cities since 2015.
The host cities of the NFL draft from 2015 on are as follows:
2015: Chicago
2016: Chicago
2017: Philadelphia
2018: Arlington, Texas
2019: Nashville, Tennessee
2020: No host city (draft conducted virtually because of COVID-19 pandemic)
2021: Cleveland
2022: Las Vegas
2023: Kansas City, Missouri
The bid is in!
We have officially submitted Pittsburgh’s NFL Draft Bid to host the event in 2026 or 2027.@vstpgh | @Innamo | @gainey_ed pic.twitter.com/cWY8VppX0j
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) February 16, 2024
The 2024 NFL draft will be held in Detroit, and the 2025 draft has been awarded to Green Bay, Wisconsin.