NFL Draft!

I scored free tickets to the NFL Draft this year.  Kind of a random event to go to, but it's at Radio City Hall, right by my office and every year I can see from our windows while they set-up for it and then I see the red carpet activity on Night 1.  I've always kind of wanted to go, but could never figure out how to get tickets.  This year, one of the seat-filling type agencies I'm signed up with had an opportunity to go to the draft!  We went on the 2nd night...it would have been fun to go on the first night when some bigger names were there, but I had a church obligation.  So, we settled for night 2.  When I say "we", I mean Mindy and I.  I was able to secure 2 tickets and Mindy loves pro-football so I figured she was the perfect companion for this event.  I wasn't sure I'd like it at all, but I was interested enough to check it out and I'm glad we did because it was pretty fun!
In the lobby, before entering the theater, there were a lot of different interactive booths and such that we walked around checking out.  We got some fun pictures taken of us!

I used the Cowboys jersey and Mindy used the Texans

Superbowl Trophy surrounded by Super Bowl rings

Upon entering the theater, we were given gift bags....and you know I love a good gift bag!  The best item was a pretty great t-shirt, but we also got some snacks and even a little radio (that we could use during the draft to listen to commentary)!

Love Radio City! 

Our seats were amazing!  Apparently all the good seats are used by family members of the drafted players on Night 1/Round 1.  Then those seats are empty for the rest of the rounds.  We had some men sitting behind us who had paid hundreds of dollars for their tickets - they had to purchase all rounds as a package.  They were so jealous of us and wanted to try our route next year.

We sat directly behind all the Media seats

And right next to the ESPN guys

 Some people were clearly far more into this than we were

The draft itself was interesting, but we only needed to watch Round 2 before we'd seen enough.  We could have stayed for Round 3, but opted to leave and get some dinner. Dinner was at Bill's Bar & Burger.  I (secretly) love this place.  It's a huge restaurant right in Rockefeller Center, but the food is really quite good.  We enjoyed a good burger after the draft!