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AT&T Stadium will host the 2018 NFL draft. League officials made the announcement Wednesday at the conclusion of its quarterly meetings in lower Manhattan.

The three-day event is scheduled for April 26-28 and is projected to pump in the neighborhood of $100 million into the North Texas economy. It marks the first time in league history the draft will be staged at an NFL stadium, a path that opened up months ago once Texas legislators failed to implement a much-debated bathroom bill.

The Cowboys intend to convert AT&T Stadium into an indoor/outdoor venue for the event that will flow into the plazas and parking lots and take on the feel of a spring festival. The draft is free to the public.

'' said Charlotte Jones Anderson,womens A.J. Green Jersey, but also will deliver a unique experience that is unlike anything you have seen thus far at the NFL draft,"We really think we have come up with an incredible idea and concept that will make AT&T Stadium shine, the Cowboys executive vice president and chief brand officer.

New York was the site of the draft for 50 consecutive years before the league decided to take the proceedings on the road. Chicago hosted the event in 2015 and 2016 with Philadelphia taking over this past April.

800 media credentials issued. Philadelphia officials say the event surpassed initial projections by generating more than $94 million while supporting an estimated 30,000 fans attended the draft on Benjamin Franklin Parkway with more than 1,A record 250,000 local jobs.

The staging of the event by the city and the Eagles drew universal praise. Philadelphia was regarded as a finalist to host the draft again this year along with North Texas.womens Kawann Short Jersey<

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created a new experience for our fans that we think will be extraordinary,womens Cam Newton Jersey,"They have set a new standard for the draft,womens Luke Kuechly Jersey Goodell said. "We are confident that Dallas will raise that bar even further.''

That bar would likely have been raised in another NFL city if a proposal that would have required that people use the bathroom that corresponds with the sex on their birth certificate would have become law in Texas.Authentic Walter Payton Jersey,

"If a proposal that is discriminatory or inconsistent with our values were to become law there,.when asked if the event would return to Texas if the bathroom bill passed, a league spokesman said,Authentic Thomas Davis Sr Jersey,NFL officials never commented publicly about how the bill could impact the site of the draft. But in the wake of Super Bowl LI in Houston, that would certainly be a factor considered when thinking about awarding future events.''

A proposal that would have restricted where transgender individuals could use the bathroom never reached the House floor in a special session this summer. Privately,womens Walter Payton Jersey.' Cowboys officials feared the passage of that bill would not only squash their bid to host the draft but negatively impact the franchise's ability to book sporting and entertainment events at AT&T Stadium and The Star.

The Cowboys' ability to host the draft was part of a $1 million ad buy that began to play on North Texas radio stations shortly after the team reported to training camp in Southern California in July. The Texas Association of Business was behind the campaign. The Cowboys weren't associated.'Authentic Jordan Howard Jersey

which ran on 26 stations in the Dallas area,The one-minute ad ended asking fans to contact their legislators to tell them to reject the bill and bring the NFL draft to Texas.womens Jordan Howard Jersey,' The spot, was designed to expand the debate and spotlight potential consequences.

'' said Charlotte Jones Anderson, but also will deliver a unique experience that is unlike anything you have seen thus far at the NFL draft,"We really think we have come up with an incredible idea and concept that will make AT&T Stadium shine, the Cowboys executive vice president and chief brand officer.

New York was the site of the draft for 50 consecutive years before the league decided to take the proceedings on the road. Chicago hosted the event in 2015 and 2016 with Philadelphia taking over this past April.'womens Thomas Davis Sr Jersey,

800 media credentials issued. Philadelphia officials say the event surpassed initial projections by generating more than $94 million while supporting an estimated 30,000 fans attended the draft on Benjamin Franklin Parkway with more than 1,A record 250,<Authentic Cam Newton Jersey,000 local jobs.

The staging of the event by the city and the Eagles drew universal praise. Philadelphia was regarded as a finalist to host the draft again this year along with North Texas.Authentic Luke Kuechly Jersey

Commissioner Roger Goodell thanked Chicago and Philadelphia for breathing new life and excitement into the event after declaring Wednesday that North Texas was next in line.Authentic Greg Olsen Jersey,

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That bar would likely have been raised in another NFL city if a proposal that would have required that people use the bathroom that corresponds with the sex on their birth certificate would have become law in Texas.Authentic A.J. Green Jersey

"If a proposal that is discriminatory or inconsistent with our values were to become law there,<womens Greg Olsen Jersey, when asked if the event would return to Texas if the bathroom bill passed, a league spokesman said,NFL officials never commented publicly about how the bill could impact the site of the draft. But in the wake of Super Bowl LI in Houston, that would certainly be a factor considered when thinking about awarding future events.''