New Must-See TV: The 2010 NFL Draft

Tina Fey, Steve Carell, and Alec Baldwin. These are the stars we have grown familiar with watching on Thursday nights. But the NFL is now banking on Sam Bradford, Ndamukong Suh and Roger Goodell joining the usual suspects of Must-See TV.

For the first time in its 75-year history the NFL Draft will take start on Thursday evening and last three days instead the traditional two-day draft which began Saturday.

While the vast majority of fans will be watching the event from their family rooms, the die-hards and those with the right connections will get to experience the 2010 NFL Draft live from the famed Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

Having attended several drafts in the past, I can attest that the NFL Draft is a truly incredible experience, which is the main reason it made my book 100 Sporting Events You Must See Live!

For those without the corporate connections, your best bet is to join the other die-hards who camp outside the Theater starting the night before in hopes of scoring the select tickets, which are released the morning April 22 for free. Although the concrete can’t compete with your bed, there’s nothing like being surrounded by hundreds of fans, who just like you are passionate enough to forgo sleep for a chance to watch the draft.

If you can’t get tickets for the draft the city has an unofficial bar for every team. So if you came all the way from St. Louis, you can watch your Rams try to turn their luck around with other Rams fans at Dewey’s Flatiron (210 Fifth Ave.)

Furthermore, within blocks of Radio City Music you can see some of New York’s best sites.
Just across the street from Radio City Music Hall is Rockefeller Center (30 Rockefeller Plaza), where you can tour NBC’s studios including the set of Saturday Night Live. Also the view from the top of the building known as the “Top of the Rock” offers unparalleled, breath-taking views of the city.

If you continue walking east, you will hit Fifth Avenue, home to many’s of the world’s most high-end shops. Also within walking distance is the Museum of Modern Art (11 W 53rd St.), commonly known as MOMA, which offers several truly awe-inspiring works.

Another must-see in the city is Times Square, which epitomizes the glamour and hustle of the city that never sleeps.

If you find time to sleep, there are countless hotels in Midtown Manhattan from the less expensive Courtyard Marriott Times Square South (114 West 40th St.) to the more extravagant Waldorf Astoria New York Luxury Hotel (301 Park Ave).

There are few more exciting sporting events than the NFL Draft and there is nothing like New York City in the Spring. Why not make combine them both and watch the new must-see, primetime event, the 2010 NFL Draft.

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