The Draft To me, the live draft is what makes a local league special. It is also the best way to gain momentum and build excitement for your league. If you really want to have an awesome local league, you should try to have an awesome draft, and all it takes to have an awesome draft is a little creativity. To a great degree, what you can do depends on where you hold your draft. Living rooms are fine, but a big conference room is better.
Some people rent conference rooms at hotels.
They re usually not too expensive and can be set up to meet your needs. Our league runs our draft at a church. Our first year, we just put tables in a U and kept track of picks on a dry-erase board. Last year, we brought in a computer, had a video projector and ran the whole thing on a 10ftx10ft screen. We decorated the tables and set them up in a U again with the league trophy set up in the middle on a pedestal.