The 2020 NFL Draft had been scheduled to be held in Las Vegas this month.
But the pesky coronavirus has intervened.
********quote***
Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the NFL is unable to hold the event in a public setting. The 2020 NFL Draft will still happen April 23-25 and be televised in primetime, though. It’s just going to look much different.
Instead, the NFL is set to hold a “fully virtual” draft with every general manager and coach operating from their own homes.
FL commissioner Roger Goodell said in a memo issued April 6 that all club personnel will need to work separately during the draft.
“Clubs have been advised to prepare to conduct the 2020 draft entirely outside of their facilities and in a fully virtual format, with club personnel in separate locations and able to communicate with one another and Draft headquarters by phone or internet.”
On March 24, Goodell mandated that club facilities be closed to everyone with the exception of medical, security, and technological personnel. That will remain in place at least through draft weekend, forcing the NFL to get even creative about how it announces picks.
All that means no “war room” with a giant conference room filled with scouts, coaches, and executives. That could make trades for picks more difficult to broker, although the NFL is likely to consider providing extra time for teams to hammer out details
*****endquote*****
SBNation.com
The next year's draft is already scheduled for Cleveland, so the next opportunity for Las Vegas to get the NFL Draft is 2022.
