Well, the Dolphins are unfortunately off to an 0-6 start with no prospect of winning soon in America, so hopefully they can bring a win home from overseas! On Oct. 28, London's very own Wembley Stadium will host the first regular-season NFL game outside North America. It took just 90 minutes to sell the first 40,000 tickets for the game between the Miami Dolphins and New York Giants.This must have caused quite a stir, because a future Super Bowl champion may someday be crowned overseas in a game witnessed predominantly by a foreign audience, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said. "There's a great deal of interest in holding a Super Bowl in London," Goodell told reporters Monday. "So we'll be looking at that."
The NFL has been expanding its overseas presence for years by televising games around the world. It's held preseason games in numerous countries in Europe, Asia, Mexico and Canada, and in 2005, the Arizona Cardinals and San Francisco 49ers played the first regular-season match outside the United States. In fact, a game at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City drew the league's largest crowd to date, 103,467.
Games are so expensive to go to now... $100 per ticket, $40 for parking, $100 in drinks and food... now a plane ticket and hotel? No thanks.
The NFL has been expanding its overseas presence for years by televising games around the world. It's held preseason games in numerous countries in Europe, Asia, Mexico and Canada, and in 2005, the Arizona Cardinals and San Francisco 49ers played the first regular-season match outside the United States. In fact, a game at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City drew the league's largest crowd to date, 103,467.
Games are so expensive to go to now... $100 per ticket, $40 for parking, $100 in drinks and food... now a plane ticket and hotel? No thanks.
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