PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Hundreds of thousands of fans are expected to be at\u00a0Acrisure Stadium, home\u00a0to\u00a0the Pittsburgh Steelers, for\u00a0the 2026 NFL Draft next week.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Timeline:<\/p>\n
The upcoming National Football League Draft\u00a0begins this month\u00a0and will span over the course of three days \u2014 with the first\u00a0round on Thursday, April 23 at 8:00 p.m.\u00a0ET.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rounds two and three\u00a0will be Friday, April 24 at 7:00\u00a0p.m.\u00a0ET\u00a0and the draft will conclude the following day with rounds four through seven\u00a0happening Saturday, April\u00a025 at 12:00 p.m. ET.\u00a0<\/p>\n
What we know:<\/p>\n
This year’s draft will be held\u00a0in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the parking lots surrounding Acrisure Stadium and Point State Park.\u00a0Fans can actually attend the draft\u00a0and\u00a0enter for free by registering online.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 2026 NFL draft marks the first time since 1948 that Pittsburgh\u00a0hosted\u00a0the NFL draft.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
What’s next:<\/p>\n
Player\u00a0appearances and draft schedules will be released on April\u00a020;\u00a0these schedules will provide\u00a0important information\u00a0for fans and attendees.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
There\u00a0are\u00a0expected to be 250 players selected from the seven rounds, with the Las Vegas Raiders holding on to the no. 1 overall pick.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Local perspective:<\/p>\n
The Washington Commanders announced they will be hosting two celebrations for DMV fans during the 2026 NFL Draft\u00a0presented by SeatGeek.\u00a0These events will be free to those who RSVP online to the individual draft parties.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The first celebration will take place on Thursday, April 23 at 7 p.m.\u00a0at Northwest Stadium. Attendees can enjoy interactive on-field activations, meet Washington Legends, Major\u00a0Tuddy, and the Command Force, and watch the Draft on the\u00a0stadium\u00a0video boards.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fans must claim their free tickets by visiting this link.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n The excitement\u00a0continues\u00a0on the final day of the draft,\u00a0Saturday, April 26 beginning at 11:30am at the National Harbor Waterfront. This is an\u00a0outdoor celebration\u00a0that will\u00a0feature live performances, exclusive giveaways,\u00a0Commanders\u00a0special guests, and activities for the whole family throughout the afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n The event is free to attend, and fans can RSVP here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n The Source: This article was written using information from NFL.com and\u00a0Commanders.com<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n NFL<\/a>Washington Commanders<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Hundreds of thousands of fans are expected to be at\u00a0Acrisure Stadium, home\u00a0to\u00a0the Pittsburgh Steelers, for\u00a0the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164705,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[4994,139,1418,73,75,74,726],"class_list":["post-164704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-commanders","tag-news","tag-nfl","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}