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NFL Draft 2024-Detroit Rises to the Occasion!

EL CENTRAL by EL CENTRAL
May 3, 2024
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Another NFL Draft has come and gone, but this year it leaves our town with a high bar to surpass for future host sites. Detroit has done itself proud by rolling out the red carpet along with the state of the art high tech stage, security and fun and interesting things to do for the hundreds of thousands of visitors who came to our city from near and far. Even the weather cooperated, mas o menos!

When the three-day event was in the history books, Detroit convinced a lot of doubters, perhaps more than anyone, ourselves, that not only could we pull off hosting the largest single event in the city’s history, but we could do it by organizing and promoting the event at a par with the best of the best.

On Thursday, April 25, the national programming was kicked off by local celebrity Eminem and by the end of the evening, Detroit had set the record for highest single day attendance with more than 275,000 people streaming into the downtown footprint. Two days later, by Saturday afternoon, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that Detroit had set the total attendance record for an NFL Draft with 700,000 people and climbing. The NFL later said the final count surpassed 775,000.

Attendance records are nice, but even greater is the sense that we were one community – people from Detroit neighborhoods and suburbs to communities across the state of Michigan. Local businesses were engaged in hosting the massive event from serving up our delicious ethnic foods to booming Motown sounds and coordinating seamless logistics.

And, we can’t overlook the fact that despite not having high draft picks this year, the Detroit Lions pulled off some magic of their own with some masterful trades and picks that raise our hopes for even greater glory next season!

Well done Detroit! Let’s do it again sometime soon!

Draft de la NFL 2024: ¡Detroit estuvo a la altura de la ocasión!

Otro Draft de la NFL llegó y se fue, pero este año dejó a nuestra ciudad con un listón muy alto, difícil de superar. Detroit se enorgulleció al desplegar la alfombra roja junto con el escenario de última generación, seguridad, actividades divertidas e interesantes para los cientos de miles de visitantes que llegaron a nuestra ciudad desde muchos lugares. ¡Hasta el clima más o menos cooperó!

Cuando el evento de tres días apareció en los libros de historia, Detroit convenció a muchos escépticos, y tal vez más que nadie, a nosotros mismos, de que no sólo podríamos lograr albergar el evento más grande en la historia de la ciudad, sino que podíamos organizarlo y promocionarlo como lo mejor de lo mejor.

El jueves 25 de abril, la celebridad local Eminem inició la programación nacional y, al final de la noche, Detroit estableció el récord de mayor concurrencia en un solo día con más de 275.000 personas en el centro de la ciudad. El sábado por la tarde, la gobernadora Gretchen Whitmer anunció que Detroit había logrado un nuevo récord de asistencia total para un Draft de la NFL con 700.000 personas y que aún estaba subiendo. La NFL anunció posteriormente que el recuento final superó los 775.000.

Tuvimos una gran asistencia, pero aún más grande fue la sensación de comunidad: gente de las colonias aledañas y de las afueras de Detroit y comunidades de todo Michigan. Las empresas locales participaron en la organización del evento, desde servir deliciosa comida étnica, el sonido del Motown y una logística perfecta

Y no podemos pasar por alto el hecho de que, a pesar de no tener selecciones altas en el draft este año, los Detroit Lions lograron su propia magia con algunos intercambios y selecciones magistrales que aumentan nuestras esperanzas de una gloria aún mayor la próxima temporada.

¡Bien hecho Detroit! ¡Hagámoslo otra vez!

 

Traducción Carmen Elena Luna.

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