The NHL recently announced that the 2025 Draft will be held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, and it won’t be your typical affair. For the first time, the

LOS ANGELES – The National Hockey League announced today the 2025 Upper Deck NHL Draft™ will take place in the city of Los Angeles at L.A. Live’s Peacock Theater, June 27-28, 2025. This will be the second time Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Kings have hosted the event. The Draft was previously held in Los Angeles in 2010.

The NHL officially announced that the 2025 Draft will take place in Los Angeles at L.A. Live’s Peacock Theatre on June 27–28, but the biggest change will come at the podium. For the first time in league history, Commissioner Gary Bettman will personally announce every first-round pick.