NFL Prospects Will Be Ferried To Red Carpet In 2020 NFL Draft

NFL vice president of live events, John Barker, spoke to the commission about their unusual plans. Read what he said below.

“We couldn’t think of anything that was more Vegas than to deliver our prospects and their families to the red carpet by boat.

Every prospect will arrive at the red carpet by boat and then they will exit by boat and then they will hit the processional heading toward the main theater stage.”

The red carpet area includes a stage, but that’s not where Roger Goodell’s podium will be set up for announcing picks.

The league is taking over a nearby parking lot and setting up 1 million square feet of space for draft festivities, including the main stage area. That’s where the green room will be set up, so players can simply walk to the stage and shake the commissioner’s hand instead of having to endure an awkward ride on a pontoon boat, per source.