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DRAFT TOWN OPENS IN ABOUT A
HALF HOUR WITH THOUSANDS OF
FOOTBALL FANS EXPECTED IN GRANT
PARK.
GOOD MORNING.
CHICAGO IS ON THE CLOCK.
AN HOUR AWAY THE NFL IS SET TO
BROADCAST THE DRAFT LIVE.
WE HAVE A PREVIEW THIS MORNING.
Reporter: IN 1893 CHICAGO
BECAME HOME TO THE FIRST EVER
FERRIS WHEEL.
NOW DRAFT TOWN HAS ITS FIRST
FERRIS WHEEL.
IT'S ONE OF THE NEW ATTRACTIONS
IN THIS THREE-DAY CELEBRATION
IN ALL THINGS FOOTBALL.
THE CITY'S FRONT LAWN HAS NEVER
LOOKED LIKE THIS.
BUNNINGING HAM FOUNTAIN PLAYING
HOST TO SELECTION SQUARE AS
DRAFT TOWN USA TAKES OVER GRANT
PARK.
IT IS EXPECTED TO DRAW 200,000
FANS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
INCLUDING THESE THREE GUYS THAT
CAME IN FROM MINNESOTA AND
KANSAS.
IT HAS BEEN A -- FROM BEING
IN MINNEAPOLIS, THIS CLOSE, WE
COULDN'T PASS UP THE
OPPORTUNITY.
Reporter: THEY WILL HAVE A
CHANCE TO SUIT UP IN THE NFL
STORE.
IF YOU TAKE YOUR SPOT IN THE
MANNEQUIN ARMY, YOU CAN DO SO
WITH YOUR MADE TO ORDER JERSEY.
I AM HERE GROWING UP
WATCHING AND PLAYING FOOTBALL.
WHEN I GET A CHANCE TO COME TO
A DRAFT, THAT IS AWESOME.
THE LEAGUE IS TRYING TO
ENCOURAGE KIDS TO FIGHT OBESITY
BY PLAYING OUTSIDE FOR AN HOUR
A DAY.
KIDS CAN DO THAT IN THE COMBINE
QUARTER.
WE CAUGHT UP WITH FORMER
CHICAGO BEAR RAY McILROY.
HE WAS IN HIS BASEMENT WHEN HE
GOT THE CALL IN 1995.
WHEN YOU GOT THE CALL AND
YOU KNEW YOUR NFL DREAM WAS
COMING TRUE, WHAT DID YOU FEEL?
RELIEF.
ESPECIALLY AFTER THE FIRST DAY
WHEN I GOT TWO CALLS AND WASN'T
SURE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.
AFTER THE -- THEN REALLY
EXCITED.
AFTER THE EXCITEMENT, THEN
NERVE-RACKING.
NOW I GOT DRAFTED BUT I HAVE TO
MAKE THE TEAM.
Reporter: HE HAS BEEN OUT
OF THE LEAGUE FOR MORE THAN A
DECADE BUT HIS COMPETITIVE
JUICES ARE STILL FLOWING AS WE
FOUND OUT ON LIVE TELEVISION
THIS MORNING.
IT IS GOOD.
I GOT IT.
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT.
SIGN HIM UP.
UNBELIEVABLE.
Reporter: THAT WAS THE FIELD
GOAL CHALLENGE.
IF YOU WANT TO COME OUT HERE
AND TRY IT YOURSELF YOU CAN DO
SO.
I THOUGHT ABOUT IT THEN I
THOUGHT, I'M LIKELY TO PULL A
HAMSTRING.