The NFL continues to develop its international footprint.
For the primary time ever, Dublin, Madrid and Berlin will host NFL regular-season video games subsequent season, the NFL introduced Friday, simply days earlier than the Tremendous Bowl.
The Los Angeles Rams can even host a sport in Melbourne, Australia, in 2026, the primary time an NFL sport is performed on that continent.
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell throughout NFL Stay Munich at Augustiner-Keller. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Photos)
The Pittsburgh Steelers will play at historic Croke Park within the Irish capital, with their opponent but to be decided.
“I feel the emotion you hear from all of us is the thrill to carry a regular-season sport to Eire with the Steelers and the way particular that might be. And, sure, it finally comes again to the followers,” Peter O’Reilly, the NFL’s government vice chairman for worldwide occasions, stated in an announcement.
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“We see Irish followers journey to video games in London or Germany or elsewhere, however this can be a sport on Irish soil, in Dublin, at Croke Park, and a chance to create an unimaginable environment.”
The Steelers performed the Chicago Bears in a 1997 preseason sport at Croke Park, which has a capability of greater than 82,000.
The Indianapolis Colts would be the house staff for a sport at Olympic Stadium in Berlin, and the Miami Dolphins would be the house staff in Madrid.
The Dolphins are enjoying at Bernabéu, the house stadium of Spanish soccer membership Actual Madrid.
Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin congratulates Steelers huge receiver George Pickens (14) after a protracted catch in opposition to the Washington Commanders at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Md., Nov. 10, 2024. (Geoff Burke/Imagn Photos)
The Rams would be the house staff once they play in Melbourne, Australia, in 2026. They may play at Melbourne Cricket Floor, a venue that holds about 100,000 spectators, as a part of a multiyear deal to have video games in Australia.
“It is a massive assertion,” O’Reilly stated. “Most likely just a few years in the past, chances are you’ll not have thought this was a actuality. I’d say the commissioner, the 32 house owners, there’s a dedication to turn into a real international sport property. Meaning increasing our footprint. Meaning going to totally different components of the world and exposing extra followers all over the world, on this case followers in Australia and Melbourne, to our nice sport.”
O’Reilly additionally stated the sport in Melbourne will doubtless be performed in Week 1 to provide groups as a lot time as potential to acclimate to the distinction in time zones.
The NFL might play as much as eight video games internationally in 2025. London is internet hosting three of them, with the New York Jets and Cleveland Browns every being the house staff for a sport at Tottenham Hotspur stadium.
The Jets are additionally going to be the house staff for a sport at Wembley Stadium.
As worldwide shopper markets go, Eire can be by far the smallest that the NFL has entered up to now.
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The NFL can be contemplating having a staff play back-to-back weeks in several European cities because it continues to attempt to develop the sport globally.
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The Related Press contributed to this report.
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