The first official renderings for the 2026 NFL Draft in Pittsburgh show how the draft campus will encompass both Point State Park and Acrisure Stadium.Designs released Tuesday show that the draft stage will be located alongside Acrisure Stadium, facing PNC Park and Stage AE on the city’s North Shore.Pittsburgh’s NFL Draft stage revealed: See it in the video aboveWhile the stage will be the main center of activity, the NFL Draft Experience, a fan-interactive area, will be across the Allegheny River at Point State Park.Fans will be able to access both venues by walking across the Roberto Clemente Bridge, which will be pedestrian-only for the draft, or by taking a ride on the Gateway Clipper, which will be sailing between the Point and the North Shore during the draft.VisitPittsburgh CEO Jerad Bachar says the stage will have a familiar look for NFL fans who follow the draft each year.“What we’ve seen in the drawings so far is that it’s very similar to the same draft stage that we would have had in Detroit,” Bachar said, referring to the 2024 draft site. “It’s a much more round exterior structure, and they do that to be able to make sure that they’re maximizing the capacity inside the stage pavilion itself. Here in Pittsburgh, they’ve got the ability to stretch the stage out a little bit more because of the site itself. So the design that you’re going to see here in Pittsburgh is very similar to the one that you would have seen in Detroit.”The NFL Draft in Pittsburgh will be televised live on WTAE Channel 4 from April 23-25.More Pittsburgh draft coverage: Visit our special page for the 2026 NFL Draft

PITTSBURGH —

The first official renderings for the 2026 NFL Draft in Pittsburgh show how the draft campus will encompass both Point State Park and Acrisure Stadium.

Designs released Tuesday show that the draft stage will be located alongside Acrisure Stadium, facing PNC Park and Stage AE on the city’s North Shore.

Pittsburgh’s NFL Draft stage revealed: See it in the video above

While the stage will be the main center of activity, the NFL Draft Experience, a fan-interactive area, will be across the Allegheny River at Point State Park.

Fans will be able to access both venues by walking across the Roberto Clemente Bridge, which will be pedestrian-only for the draft, or by taking a ride on the Gateway Clipper, which will be sailing between the Point and the North Shore during the draft.

VisitPittsburgh CEO Jerad Bachar says the stage will have a familiar look for NFL fans who follow the draft each year.

“What we’ve seen in the drawings so far is that it’s very similar to the same draft stage that we would have had in Detroit,” Bachar said, referring to the 2024 draft site. “It’s a much more round exterior structure, and they do that to be able to make sure that they’re maximizing the capacity inside the stage pavilion itself. Here in Pittsburgh, they’ve got the ability to stretch the stage out a little bit more because of the site itself. So the design that you’re going to see here in Pittsburgh is very similar to the one that you would have seen in Detroit.”

The NFL Draft in Pittsburgh will be televised live on WTAE Channel 4 from April 23-25.

More Pittsburgh draft coverage: Visit our special page for the 2026 NFL Draft