NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has suggested the possibility of hosting a Super Bowl outside the United States for the first time, citing the league's aggressive international growth plan.
FILE - A fan reacts during an NFL football match between Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Seattle Seahawks at Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany , Nov. 13, 2022. The NFL says there are millions of German fans who are looking for a team to support. The Chiefs go first â theyâll play the Miami Dolphins on Sunday. A week later, the Patriots face the Indianapolis Colts. Both games are at Deutsche Bank Park.
“We’ve always traditionally tried to play a Super Bowl in an NFL city — that was always sort of a reward for the cities that have NFL franchises,” he said in response to a question about moving the neutral-site game internationally. “But things change. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if that happens one day.”
This season's Super Bowl — the 59th edition — will be played in New Orleans. In 2026, Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, will host, followed by SoFi Stadium, in Inglewood, California, in 2027. Kansas City’s 25-22 overtime victory over San Francisco in the last Super Bowl was the most-watched program in U.S. television history.
“If we do expand our season — our regular season — to an 18-and-two structure, I see us going to 16 of those games being in international markets,” Goodell said.“A lot of that depends on — can we continue to make the game safer, can we continue to modify the way we conduct the offseason as well as the training camp and as well as the season, so that these guys feel comfortable being able to play that period of time,” Goodell said.
There are five international games this season, and Goodell said the league wants to increase to eight “quickly.”“I have no doubt that we’re going to be playing in Ireland. I don’t know if it will be next year, but it’s coming soon,” Goodell said at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. “We’re looking at other markets in the other direction, toward Asia," he said. “There’s probably more interest than we can handle.”Goodell expects some offseason tweaks to the new kickoff rules but on the whole said “it's working.”
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