‘Feel Like You Are Part Of A Team At The 2017 NFL Draft!’
Feel the excitement of seeing how it all takes place at the NFL Draft!
The NFL Draft Room is open to the public! Fans will be able to enter The Franklin Institute free of charge to witness live on what takes place behind the scenes and not from their living room couch. There will be a few small viewing galleries that visitors can walk by to experience this first hand.
The team’s draft tables are set up in the order of their draft positions held in the first round. The first team is up front, closest to the main draft table and snakes around the room to the last team to draft in the first round, which would be at the back of the draft room.
The headsets on each teams table are just like the ones used outside at airports. So these special headsets will keep all noise out so the teams can communicate properly without interruption. There will be runners at each team’s draft table who will run messages to other teams for possible trades and or run their team’s draft pick to the main table up front, in turn who will relay that pick back to the main stage, which will then be delivered to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
We want to bring the fans as close as possible to really see the process of how all the players do get selected, and just what goes into that. We literally give a little peak behind the curtain and just to see how the process works. It’s just another enhanced experience for our fans to be able to be a part of this great event.
What’s very symbolic is that Ben Franklin will be watching over the draft in the NFL Draft Room! Philadelphia is filled with so much historyand historical sites. If you are visiting Philly for the NFL Draft, don’t hesitate to explore then many historical sites! Click Here
FYI – FREE – On April 27–29, get free general admission to the Academy of Natural Sciences, and pay only $8 for a Super Saver Ticket to our special exhibits. Wear your NFL jersey and get $1 off the Super Saver ticket price! ~ Info ~
For those who want to bike around the City of Brotherly Love, here is the NFL Draft Bike Map.
Location
The Franklin Institute
222 North 20th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Dates
April 27 – 29, 2017
Times
Thursday, April 27 – 7:00 pm ET
Friday, April 28 – 6:00 pm ET
Saturday, April 29 – 11:00 am ET
Cost
FREE
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