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The NFL Draft will probably be coming to Inexperienced Bay for the primary time in 2025, and in case you’re hoping to remain near Lambeau Area, you’re going to should shell out a fully ludicrous sum of money based mostly on how the Airbnb market is at present trying.
Philadelphia hosted the primary NFL Draft when it was held within the ballroom of a lodge all the way in which again in 1936, and within the many years that adopted, the league tapped totally different cities to host what was a reasonably low-profile affair.
That was nonetheless the case when New York Metropolis was tapped to grow to be the everlasting host beginning in 1965, but it surely started to rework into the spectacle it’s grow to be when it was televised for the primary time in 1980.
NYC’s 50-year reign got here to an finish when Chicago was given the honors in 2015, and whereas the NFL Draft returned to The Windy Metropolis the next yr, the league has opted to develop its horizons since then by selecting a brand new locale every time the occasion has been held ever since.
The 2024 NFL Draft was a record-breaking affair that noticed greater than 700,000 individuals flock to downtown Detroit over the course of the three-day occasion, and it’s laborious to think about Inexperienced Bay will come near topping that whole due to the comparatively distant nature of town the Packers name dwelling.
Inexperienced Bay is dwelling to over 100,000 individuals, however there are clearly loads of logistical points that include holding the NFL Draft in a spot situated shut to 2 hours away from what any affordable individual would think about the closest main metropolis (Milwaukee).
In line with The Wausau Each day Herald, owners within the space are taking benefit based mostly on the astronomical costs they’re charging for the week of the draft. The outlet stories a single spare room inside strolling distance to Lambeau is at present going for $999 an evening, whereas particular person non-public properties are listed between $1,800 and $20,000 per day.
This phenomenon displays what unfolds in Augusta when The Masters rolls into the realm every year, as some residents within the Georgia metropolis that hosts the match are in a position to cowl their mortgage funds for the yr by renting out their properties for the week.
