Source: Chicago to host 2015 NFL draft
Chicago will be the host city for the 2015 NFL draft, a league source told Yahoo Sports on Thursday.
The three-day event, which will begin on April 30, is moving from New York, a site the league has used since 1965.
Los Angeles was the other finalist to host next year's event.
The league is expected to formally announce the draft's site at the fall meetings in New York next week, NFL.com reported.
The Chicago Bears' official Twitter account tweeted:
2015 NFL Draft will be held in Chicago next April 30-May 2 at Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University.
— Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) October 2, 2014
Twelve cities were in the running to host the draft after the league failed to secure New York's Radio City Music Hall for the dates it wanted.
