The Los Angeles Rams will hold their 2025 draft operations at a Los Angeles Fire Department Air Operations hangar in Van Nuys, California, the team announced Thursday.
LAFD’s Air Operations division will remain fully functional during the three days of the draft that the Rams, led by general manager Les Snead and head coach Sean McVay, will take residence. Snead and McVay will work from a room within the LAFD Air Operations, while the hangar will serve as space for the team’s coaches, scouts, team personnel and on-site media. This marks the first time in NFL history that a team will hold its draft headquarters from a fire station.
The Rams will be conducting the team’s draft operations from the Los Angeles Fire Department Air Operations headquarters. (Courtesy of Los Angeles Rams)
Each year since 2020, the Rams have deployed their draft out of lavish private or mixed-use residences around the Los Angeles area. The entire team, including coaches and support staff, scouts and executives moves to that site for three days.
In the aftermath of the Palisades and Eaton fires that devastated the region this winter, the Rams changed course to feature the LAFD. The Air Operations division of the LAFD played a crucial role in the emergency response efforts around the wildfires in the Los Angeles region.
“Drafting from LAFD Air Operations is a powerful reminder of what it means to represent Los Angeles,” said Rams president Kevin Demoff. “Since the wildfires devastated our region in January, we have looked to bring LA together to help with the recovery efforts, raise the spirits of those impacted, and shine a light on our first responders.
“We are humbled to partner with LAFD during one of the NFL’s biggest moments to express gratitude for those who risk their lives daily to protect our city.”
The Rams are honoring the first responders of Los Angeles by holding their draft headquarters from a fire station. (Courtesy of Los Angeles Rams)
The Rams will also renovate the LAFD Air Operations recreation room in tandem with their ongoing efforts in the community following the fires. McVay, Snead and Demoff will also host a group of first responders from across the region for a “chalk talk” before Day 2 of the draft begins on Friday, April 25. So far, the Rams have donated $2 million in wildfire relief funding including a $1 million donation from the Kroenke Family Foundation and team owner Stan Kroenke.
Touching down at this year’s home base. @Zillow Draft HQ coming soon… 🚁 pic.twitter.com/5l1VihBFTf
— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) April 17, 2025
(Top photo of Rams head coach Sean McVay and general manager Les Snead with members of the Los Angeles Fire Department Air Operations / Los Angeles Rams)