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NFL Draft on outs with New York — and Rockettes are to blame

Part or all of the NFL Draft could be on a fast track out of the Big Apple.

Tired of continued waffling from Radio City Music Hall, an NFL source told The Post on Wednesday the league is in deep discussions about moving the draft — either half of it or the entire thing — to one of eight cities that have expressed interest.

The cities, according to the source, are New Orleans, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles, Orlando, Arlington, Texas, and Canton, Ohio, home of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

The draft has been held in New York City since 1965. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, speaking at a draft event in Chelsea, said the league expects to decide on a site for the 2015 draft no later than early fall.

The source said the NFL is open to moving the draft because it is exasperated by the unwillingness of the owners of Radio City — James Dolan’s Cablevision — to say whether a planned Rockettes spring show is still a go for 2015.

The Rockettes show is the reason this year’s draft, which starts Thursday night and runs through Saturday, was moved back two weeks. Dolan reportedly was unhappy with the script for the Rockettes show and recently announced it was being postponed for an overhaul.

“We’ve had a great experience at Radio City, and we’d love to continue to have a presence here,” Goodell said Wednesday. “Part of it depends on scheduling issues. They [Radio City] have some other objectives that they want to achieve, so we’re going to make sure we have other alternatives that we can rely on.”

Despite widespread grumbling about the two weeks of extra lag time this year, Goodell sounded as if he likes holding the event in May. The commissioner also indicated the draft could expand to four days, with the first three rounds having their own nights and rounds 4-7 being conducted on the final day.

The source said the league is considering the possibility of holding the first two days of the draft at Radio City, then moving to another city for the final two days.

“We always look to see how we can make [the draft] bigger and better, and we’re not going to stop,” Goodell said.

A split-site draft might sound unwieldy, but the source said the league considers it viable because each team only sends a couple of representatives to the event.

Goodell added to that by indicating the league isn’t ready to give up on Radio City entirely.

“It’s a chance to share this draft, but New York’s a special place for us,” he said.