{"id":5007,"date":"2019-11-17T17:19:53","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T17:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/news\/?p=5007"},"modified":"2019-11-17T17:24:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T17:24:00","slug":"las-vegas-journal-nfl-draft-moved-to-caesars-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/news\/las-vegas-journal-nfl-draft-moved-to-caesars-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Journal: NFL Draft Moved to Caesars Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>2020 NFL Draft<\/strong> set for <strong>April 23<\/strong> in <strong>Las Vegas<\/strong> will most likely take place at <strong>The Linq Promenade<\/strong> and the <strong>Caesars Forum<\/strong>. The Caesars Forum is going to come out of renovation shortly before the event, offering <strong>550,000 square feet <\/strong>of fresh space where 10,000 people can be hosted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to sources in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, more information\nabout the event will be revealed on November 26 when the NFL is expected to\nreveal more information about the most important off-season pow-wow in American\nfootball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"caesars-entertainment-to-benefit-from-the-nfl-decision\">Caesars Entertainment to Benefit from the NFL Decision<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The shift towards the new venue will be an attempt to benefit from Caesars Entertainment Corp.\u2019s facilities <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2019-01-03\/nfl-signs-caesars-as-casino-partner-inches-toward-betting-deals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">as well as honor an entertainment partnership<\/a> that Caesars and the NFL recently struck together, excluding all sports betting-related assets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A week around Caesars Forum would cost attendees North of $1,400 just\nfor accommodation, giving the hotels in the vicinity a rare opportunity to turn\na pretty penny on the move. The <strong>2018 NFL Draft<\/strong> got as many as <strong>600,000\npeople<\/strong> to <strong>Nashville<\/strong>, <strong>Tennessee<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nothing has been finalized on the Vegas draft site. MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment reps joined reps from the LVCVA on a trip to the NFL Draft in Nashville. Could end up being multiple sites playing a role. Might hear something at the league meetings later this month.<\/p>&mdash; Mick Akers (@mickakers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mickakers\/status\/1126300089687785472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In honesty, it makes perfect sense to shift the venue to Las Vegas, as\nthe Oklahoma Raiders are being rebranded as the Las Vegas Raiders, drawing fans\nacross the state border. Not least of all, Caesars has estimated 20,000 hotel\nrooms near the Caesars Forum, providing more opportunities for the hospitality\ncompany to turn a profit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No-one is sure how much information will surface on November 26, but the venue should be revealed then, Las Vegas Review-Journal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2015\/12\/why-did-sheldon-adelson-buy-nevadas-largest-newspaper\/421035\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">the newspaper owned by Sheldon Adelson, estimates<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"major-traffic-rearrangement-expected-in-april-2020\">Major Traffic Rearrangement Expected in April, 2020<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The influx of hundreds of thousands of NFL fans can quickly cause some\ntrouble to local authorities who would need to react quickly. Clark County\nCommission\u2019s Public Works Department and Metro will coordinate and potentially\nshut down Flamingo Road to re-route traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information about the arrangement may surface closer to the event\nwith no official plans just yet. Still, the venue hasn\u2019t been set in stone and\nsome have speculated that the T-Mobile Arena, Toshiba Plaza and the Park\nTheatre are all viable places for the event to take place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, in light of the new partnership, it\u2019s far more likely that the\nNFL is now considering the shift towards the Caesars Forum. The new facility\nwill arrive in March, giving opportunity for the company to host the Draft if\nthis is the case after the November 26 announcement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some 255 NFL players will debut with their jerseys and hats, glad shake with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and join the teams that have drafted them. Just this Saturday, Colin Kaepernick attended his first try out. One of the biggest questions this year is <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/news\/kaepernick-relocates-try-out-nfl-upset\/\" target=\"_blank\">whether the athlete will be signed<\/a> after spending almost two years as a free contractor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2020 NFL Draft set for April 23 in Las Vegas will most likely take place at The Linq Promenade and the Caesars Forum. The Caesars Forum is going to come out of renovation shortly before the event, offering 550,000 square feet of fresh space where 10,000 people can be hosted. 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