This Year's NFL Draft Town To Feature Ferris Wheel In Grant Park
CHICAGO (CBS) -- The NFL Draft is coming back to Chicago in just over four weeks and Wednesday the NFL unveiled some of its plans for what will be Draft Town in Grant Park.
More people are expected this year and there will be more space, says Peter O'Reilly, NFL senior vice president of events.
There will be more of an emphasis on college football and something else new.
"I'm a little partial towards the Ferris wheel," O'Reilly says. "An opportunity to create (something) in a town that's got some iconic history around Ferris wheels.
"But building a massive Ferris wheel here in Draft Town that will ... allow you to look down on this incredible expanse that'll be Draft Town."
O'Reilly says security will be similar to the level of security at a Super Bowl.
"It something that we take very seriously, working in close partnership with Chicago P.D.," he says.
The NFL Draft runs from April 28-30.