The “Holmes is Where You Make It” fantasy football league joins in the revelry in matching Detroit Lions track suits during the NFL Draft Experience in Downtown Detroit on Friday, April 26, 2024.
If you weren't downtown for Detroit's 2024 NFL draft, you might have thought it was all about football. And, sure, it was — but it was also about fashion. Hundreds of thousands of football fans arrived in our dear Detroit for the NFL draft last week, and they came dressed to impress.
From sea to shining sea, New York to Texas, Minnesota to that state that shall not be mentioned (Ohio), fans turned up to show off their team pride.
If, of course, what impresses you is headgear that's roughly the size of an actual lion, face paint galore, and, of course, a sea of Honolulu blue.
Detroit Lions fans, still floating from a season that landed the city's perennial underdog team one game away from the Super Bowl, were so jubilant that even long lines for the bathrooms couldn't spoil the party.
As the draft winds down, it'll soon be time to pack away the blue beard paint and lion hats — but isn't it almost fall?
Barry Brown, 37, of Waco, Texas; Sam Dean 38, of Nashville, Tenn., and Brianne Braden, 34, of Milwaukee, pose together for a a photo during the NFL Draft Experience in downtown Detroit on Friday, April 26, 2024.
Houston Texan fan Freddie McLemore, of Houston, left, with Green Bay Packers fan Joe Glory, of Hawaii, Bob "Two Cans" Flores, of Harlingen, Texas, Don Wachter, or "Bearman," of Chicago, Michelle Joyce and Donte Granville, both of Detroit, along with their recently adopted dog Peter Parker and Vikings fans Therisa Keeton and Luka Lattergrass, both of Minneapolis.
Hip-hop artist MPR Richie Rich, 35, of Atlanta, could be mistaken for am L.A. Rams fan the way his hair is styled but he said it's just the look he's going for in front of the NFL draft theater and before the start of the 2024 NFL draft in Detroit on Thursday, April 25, 2024. Rich, who said he has been growing his hair for this look for the past eight years, is originally from Detroit and is a Detroit Lions fan.
Buffalo Bills fan Darryl Russell, of Brantford, Ontario, shows off his outfit during the NFL Draft Experience at Hart Plaza in downtown Detroit on Thursday, April 25, 2024.
Detroit Lions fan Larry “Lion King” Kunz, center, of Sterling Heights, and Mary Meyer, left, of Sterling Heights, talk with other attendees during the NFL Draft Experience at Hart Plaza in downtown Detroit on Thursday, April 25, 2024.
Gershwin Drain, a Detroit federal judge, gets his photo taken with Mike “Mascot Troy” Dapcevich, during the NFL Draft Experience in downtown Detroit on Friday, April 26, 2024.
Camden Lake, 4, of Detroit, poses in front of the Minnesota Vikings helmet during the NFL Draft Experience in downtown Detroit on Friday, April 26, 2024.
Dallas Cowboys fans pose in the main theater on Thursday, April 25, 2024 for the first day of the NFL draft in Detroit.
Erika Gonzalez, 41, of Detroit, shows her Lions' pride during the NFL Draft Experience in downtown Detroit on Friday, April 26, 2024.
In some cities, hosting the NFL Draft is just that — a fun, unique three-day event that has toured the country since 2016. For Detroit, it was seen as something more.
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