PHILADELPHIA -- The NFL is expected to pick up the majority of the cost to stage the 2017 draft in Philadelphia, with the citys iconic Rocky steps serving as its backdrop.City officials say they dont expect the NFLs 82nd event to come at taxpayer expense, but instead expect to fundraise about $5 million of the $25 million budget with the league paying for the events staging and infrastructure.Senior vice president Peter OReilly said on Thursday the events location will represent a return to the birthplace of the draft. The first NFL draft was held in Philadelphia in 1936, when the Eagles selected versatile halfback Jay Berwanger first overall.This is clearly a very passionate football town, its also a city steeped in NFL history, Reilly said.The draft was held in New York for decades before being moved in 2015 to Chicago, where it was also held this year. It was last held in Philly in 1960.Hosting the draft is just the latest in a string of high profile events for Philadelphia. Pope Francis celebrated Mass in a similar location near the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Benjamin Franklin Parkway during a visit to the city last fall. The city also hosted the four-day Democratic National Convention in July.Mayor Jim Kenney said the city knows how to hold major events, and while hosting the draft may ultimately require some city funds, it will be worth the return on investment.Its a very significant event from individual expenditures. People who come are going to be spending money, Kenney said.City officials visited Chicago to see how the event was previously hosted, and took NFL leadership on tours of Philadelphia and its venues.Philadelphia beat out several other locations vying to host the event, which will be held April 27-29. The first three rounds are held in prime time. The hometown Eagles wont have a pick, however, in the first round.Draft organizers said Philadelphia may draw a bigger crowd than Chicago because nine NFL team markets sit within driving distance to the city. Philadelphia is currently one of 13 teams not to have won a Super Bowl.Julie Coker-Graham, Philadelphia convention and visitors bureau president, said more than 200,000 fans are expected to flood the city during the three-day event. Half of those fans are expected to come from out of town.ESPN analyst and former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Ron Jaworski will help lead the host committee and said he and others were relentless in (their) approach to find a way to get the draft back to Philadelphia, 80 years after its conception.Theres incredible passion for football in this community, he said.---AP NFL websites: http://pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFLGoedkoopste Nike Air Max 97 . 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The Canucks have lost five straight games and six of their last seven, leaving them in a logjam in the Pacific Division, currently sitting fifth - good for ninth in the Western Conference.After just her second Bathurst 1000, Simona de Silvestro can already lay claim to beating six-time champion Craig Lowndes.No wonder the ex-Formula One test driver is confident she has finally silenced the knockers.De Silvestro is confident she can mix it with the best when she finally becomes a full-time Supercars driver next season after falling short of a top finish at Sundays Great Race.She and co-driver Renee Gracie stayed out of trouble at an incident packed Bathurst 1000 that included six safety cars as eight teams failed to even finish.When the dust settled, the all-female team placed 14th - two places higher than Lowndes, albeit after he suffered gear dramas early.Still, former IndyCar driver de Silvestro was taking all the positives she could before her much anticipated full-time debut in 2017.I think finishing 14th is quite amazing, she said.In these sorts of races when you stay out of trouble, the race comes to you a little bit.I was pretty happy with my first stint in the car because at the end of it we were starting to fight with the other guys out there.De Silvestro had hopedd to prove the doubters wrong after she speared off the track at qualifying on Friday, relegating them to the back of the grid for the 161-lap endurance classic.dddddddddddd think we can be pretty happy. 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