Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank mentioned last May the possibility of attracting the NFL draft to Atlanta with New York no longer the standard location for the event.

Well, Blank's mind hasn't changed almost a year later with other cities such as Los Angeles and even Denver coming up as possible future draft destinations.

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"Absolutely, we want to see it in Atlanta," Blank told ESPN.com. "We've told that to the NFL. But right now, we're competing for a Super Bowl. So, I think the league's view on that is that they probably are not going to spread the wealth, so they're not going to be holding the draft where the Super Bowl is going to be held as well.

"We're competing for the 2019, 2020, and 2021 Super Bowls, and the vote will be in May. So, we'll see how that comes out. But we definitely have made it clear that we'd like to be city that is considered for the draft in the future."

Blank said there will be no concerns about location if the NFL draft comes to Atlanta.

"We would hold it down at the World Congress Center next to the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium in some form or fashion," Blank said. "For all the reasons we would be the perfect site for a Super Bowl, we would be the perfect site for the draft. We've got 10,000 hotel rooms within a mile of the stadium, 1,000 restaurants, public transportation, and everything is walkable. There are other great public amenities in Atlanta as well.

"The same reasons why we think the Super Bowl would make sense in Atlanta, the draft would make a lot of sense in Atlanta," Blank said.

Host cities for the draft beyond this year are up in the air. "No locations have been determined beyond this year’s draft," NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said. "Multiple cities and teams have expressed interest in hosting future drafts. No decisions will be made until later this year."

This year's NFL draft on April 28-30 will be held in Chicago for the second consecutive year. According to a study by the Sports Industry Research Center at Temple University, the 2015 draft generated a total economic impact of $81.6 million for Chicago. The event generated 31,000 hotel nights from visitors, plus 5,600 hotel nights from NFL staff and sponsors.