Current Events > NFL to hold annual regular season games in Germany

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https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/33253033/germany-host-first-ever-nfl-regular-season-game-2022

The NFL will host a regular-season game in Munich, Germany, next season for the first time in its history, the league announced Wednesday.

There will be five NFL regular-season games played internationally next season, with three games played in London, one in Mexico and one in Germany.

The Jacksonville Jaguars said in a statement Wednesday they will return to London next season with a game at Wembley Stadium.

The league was previously weighing up three potential German host cities -- Munich, Frankfurt and Dusseldorf -- with a goal to host its first games in the country no later than 2023. However, the NFL have announced it will host its first-ever regular-season game in mainland Europe later this year.
The NFL plans to host the first game at the Allianz Arena in Munich next season, followed by Deutsche Bank Park in Frankfurt in 2023. The league would then return to Munich in 2024 and Frankfurt in 2025.

"We are very pleased to welcome Munich and Frankfurt to the NFL family and are excited to reward our fans in Germany for their passion by bringing them the spectacle of regular-season NFL football," Goodell said in a statement ahead of Super Bowl LVI in Los Angeles on Sunday.

"We look forward to staging our first game in Germany at Bayern Munich's fantastic stadium later this year and to exploring areas of broader collaboration with the Bundesliga."

Next season's International Series will mark the first time that the NFL has returned to Germany since it hosted five preseason games between 1990 and 1994.

The country also had a number of host cities for teams in the NFL's overseas competitions (the World League of American Football, NFL Europe and NFL Europa) between 1991 and 2007, though Munich was never involved in that period.

Semi-related: Tottenham Hotspur, which already hosts two games at their stadium each year in London, is reportedly considering making a bid to host the Super Bowl:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/soccer/tottenham-considering-bid-for-2026-super-bowl/ar-AATHtzz?ocid=uxbndlbing

The NFL ought to play a game in an Australian-rules stadium, just to see what happens.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/1/0/AAEhCpAAC6O6.jpg

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Antifar posted...

Semi-related: Tottenham Hotspur, which already hosts two games at their stadium each year in London, is reportedly considering making a bid to host the Super Bowl:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/soccer/tottenham-considering-bid-for-2026-super-bowl/ar-AATHtzz?ocid=uxbndlbing

That's not happening unless the NFL is willing to force people to watch and/or play the Super Bowl at unusual times. If they stick with the usual 6:30 PM ET kickoff, then the game starts at 1:30 AM local time. If they decide to play at a late, but still reasonable time like a 9 PM kick off in local time, then the US west coast gets a Super Bowl at 1 PM.

Why bother? Euro Football was such a massive flop.

Questionmarktarius posted...

The NFL ought to play a game in an Australian-rules stadium, just to see what happens.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/1/0/AAEhCpAAC6O6.jpg

but what will the cornerbacks do?