Editing Radio City Music Hall (section)

===Sports===
[[File:NFL Draft 2010 set at Radio City Music Hall.jpg|thumb|The set for the [[2010 NFL draft]] at Radio City Music Hall]]
The first sports event at Radio City Music Hall was a boxing [[Card (sports)|card]] headlined by [[Roy Jones Jr.]] and David Telesco that took place on January 15, 2000.<ref name="Wang 2018" /><ref name="Lena Williams 2004">{{cite news|title=Pro Basketball; Coming Soon: The W.N.B.A. At Radio City |author=Lena Williams|date=May 18, 2004 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/18/sports/pro-basketball-coming-soon-the-wnba-at-radio-city.html |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331|access-date=October 27, 2017|archive-date=October 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028094727/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/18/sports/pro-basketball-coming-soon-the-wnba-at-radio-city.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On April 13, 2013, [[Nonito Donaire]] faced [[Guillermo Rigondeaux]] in [[Nonito Donaire vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux|a boxing card]] held at Radio City Music Hall.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rigondeaux Bores, But Bests Donaire|newspaper=ESPN |url=http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/9169005/guillermo-rigondeaux-bests-nonito-donaire-bores |author=Dan Rafael |date=April 14, 2014|access-date=October 27, 2017|archive-date=October 28, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028093704/http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/9169005/guillermo-rigondeaux-bests-nonito-donaire-bores}}</ref>

In 2004, the [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]]'s [[New York Liberty]] played six home games at Radio City while their then-regular home, Madison Square Garden, prepared to host the [[2004 Republican National Convention]].<ref name="Wang 2018" /> The Liberty played their first game in front of 5,945 fans against the [[Detroit Shock]] in July 2004. Courtside seats were stage left and stage right along the baseline and the Rockettes performed at halftime.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pro Basketball; Liberty Opens Big on Its Home, Er, Stage |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/sports/pro-basketball-liberty-opens-big-on-its-home-er-stage.html |work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|author=Lena Williams|date=July 25, 2004|access-date=November 10, 2011 |archive-date=October 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028201444/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/sports/pro-basketball-liberty-opens-big-on-its-home-er-stage.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The court from Madison Square Garden was moved to Radio City Music Hall during this time.<ref name="Lena Williams 2004" />

Radio City Music Hall was the site of the [[NFL Draft]] between [[2006 NFL draft|2006]] and [[2014 NFL draft|2014]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Salomone|first1=Dan|title=NFL Draft Headed to Chicago in 2015|url=http://www.giants.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/NFL-Draft-headed-to-Chicago-in-2015/3ac322b1-3b4c-4a16-aba7-6e08d31b1756|access-date=June 3, 2015|publisher=[[New York Giants]]|work=Giants.com|date=October 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930065327/http://www.giants.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/NFL-Draft-headed-to-Chicago-in-2015/3ac322b1-3b4c-4a16-aba7-6e08d31b1756|archive-date=September 30, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Lauterbach 2017">{{cite web|last=Lauterbach|first=David|title=New York Wants to Host the NFL Draft Again, But Other Cities Want to Get Involved|website=The Comeback|date=April 14, 2017|url=https://thecomeback.com/nfl/nyc-wants-to-host-the-nfl-draft-again-but-other-cities-want-to-get-involved.html|access-date=December 17, 2018|archive-date=December 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218010454/https://thecomeback.com/nfl/nyc-wants-to-host-the-nfl-draft-again-but-other-cities-want-to-get-involved.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Prior to being held at Radio City, the NFL Draft had been hosted at other locations in New York City since 1965, but after the 2014 draft, the [[National Football League]] hosted the draft in a series of other cities nationwide.<ref name="Lauterbach 2017" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Myers|first=Gary|title=New York Now Looking to Bring Back NFL Draft, But Big Apple Has Plenty of Competition|website=New York Daily News|date=April 12, 2017|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/sad-nfl-draft-isn-coming-back-new-york-anytime-article-1.3047442|access-date=December 17, 2018|archive-date=December 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218010440/https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/sad-nfl-draft-isn-coming-back-new-york-anytime-article-1.3047442|url-status=live}}</ref>