The announcement last week that a Cleveland-Canton bid was one of five finalists to host the NFL draft in 2019 or 2020 got us thinking about all of the marquee sporting events that are going to be held in Northeast Ohio in the next few years.

We've already broken down the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission's 2018 calendar, which is headlined by the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. That event, which has an estimated economic impact of $15 million, will be held at Quicken Loans Arena from March 15-17.

Look a little further out, though, and you have the possibility that three premier events from the three most prominent sports leagues in the U.S. will be held in Cleveland in a span of a few years. And that doesn't include the NBA Finals, which obviously have made extended stops at The Q the last three Junes, and the 2016 World Series.

The MLB All-Star Game will be held at Progressive Field in July 2019. The three-day NFL draft, meanwhile, could be held in Cleveland and Canton a few months prior to the MLB showcase, or the following year. We're guessing it would be 2020, since the majority of the components of the $800 million Hall of Fame Village project aren't expected to be completed until the summer of 2019.

And the NBA All-Star Game, which was promised to Cleveland upon the initial announcement of The Q's transformation project, still seems likely — though not until at least 2022.

Using the baseball analogies that sports commission president David Gilbert seems to prefer, that would be three home runs for the region — two of which could be held within months of each other.

The one certainty, the MLB All-Star Game, has an estimated economic impact of $60 million to $65 million. Dan Lincoln — the former president and CEO of Cincinnati USA, the city's convention and visitors bureau — told us last year that the 2015 MLB All-Star Game brought a projected 200,000 out-of-town visitors to the Queen City, and accounted for 17,000 room nights at local hotels.

The 2016 All-Star Game in San Diego was covered by more than 2,500 writers, broadcasters and photographers. That total is about 15% larger than the 2,164 media credentials that were issued for the four World Series games at Progressive Field in 2016.

The NBA All-Star Game could have an even greater impact.

An economic impact study of last weekend's event in Los Angeles estimated that the All-Star festivities would generate $116 million in spending, draw 110,000 visitors and produce 27,000 room nights.

The problem for Cleveland is the heated debate over the financing of The Q's transformation project has pushed the All-Star timeline back at least a couple years. The 2020 and '21 NBA All-Star contests have been awarded to Chicago and Indianapolis, respectively, and Boston, according to a report by Yahoo's Chris Mannix on Feb. 16, is considered a strong favorite to land the 2022 showcase.

We checked with the Cavs last week and were told there is no further update on Cleveland's NBA All-Star chances. On Dec. 13, after word broke that Indy was getting the 2021 game, the league gave us a statement from deputy commissioner Mark Tatum that said, "Cleveland is a great basketball city with some of the NBA's most passionate fans, and we look forward to holding our week of NBA All-Star events in Cleveland in the near future."

Will that be 2023 — which would be Year 20 for LeBron James?

Let's hope.

We're more optimistic about Northeast Ohio's NFL draft odds.

The other finalists for the 2019 and '20 drafts are Kansas City, Tennessee, Denver and Las Vegas. The 2019 season is the NFL's 100th, and 2020 will mark the league's centennial celebration.

It would make a ton of sense, then, that Cleveland and Canton are selected for one of the two years, and as we've noted, our guess is it would be the latter.

After last week's announcement, a Browns spokesperson told us that specifics on the NFL draft bid would come "at a later time." But Hall of Fame president David Baker was a bit more forthcoming in an interview with The Canton Repository.

Baker told the newspaper that draft week potentially could start in Canton with a dinner that involves Hall of Famers. The first three rounds on Thursday and Friday would then be held in Cleveland, and Saturday's final four rounds would shift to Canton, along with a fan festival.

"Those are some of the things we proposed," Baker told The Repository. "We talked about those ideas. In the end, it will be (the NFL) saying, 'We like this and we'll do this.' What we bring in Canton is 100 years of history, and we're the guardians of the game's history. We are serious candidates, and our partners — the Cleveland Browns and (owners) Dee and Jimmy Haslam — have been wonderful partners."

Philadelphia set a high bar with its hosting of the 2017 NFL draft, which drew a record attendance of 250,000 and an estimated economic impact of $94.9 million.

The draft produced almost 19,000 room nights and a $2.1 million increase in hotel revenue. The media count was 1,800.

We should find out if Cleveland and Canton are selected for the valuable showcase during the NFL's spring meeting in Atlanta from May 21-23.

Goods new there would be another tourism home run.

Maybe the NBA will deliver one more before LeBron enters his third decade as a professional.

(With the Cavs, of course.)

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