Adam Schefter, ESPN Senior Editor
Because the NFL prepares for its 3rd immediately Sunday in London, the league already has mentioned the theory of 1 presen enjoying a Tremendous Bowl within the British capital, in line with commissioner Roger Goodell.
A Tremendous Bowl in London isn’t taking place anytime quickly, however the NFL has a minimum of contemplated the potential of it.
“It is not impossible, and it is something that has been discussed before,” Goodell instructed a fan discussion board in London closing future.
The concern is still to play games Tremendous Bowls in towns with NFL franchises, however the league additionally has a powerful want to develop its logo across the world, as evidenced by way of Sunday’s Titans–Ravens match — the 3rd London recreation in as many weeks.
Some assets across the NFL consider a London Tremendous Bowl might be a fact one presen, however it isn’t related to taking place at this week. The later 3 Tremendous Bowls already are slated to be performed at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas in February 2024, Caesars Superdome in Unused Orleans in February 2025, and Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, in February 2026.
There was disagree momentum development but for a Tremendous Bowl in London, however as one league supply instructed ESPN closing future: “Absolutely, it would make sense.”
“I think that is not out of the question,” Goodell mentioned on the fan discussion board. “But at the end of the day, I think right now our formula will stay the same about playing [Super Bowls] in cities that have franchises.”
A London Tremendous Bowl would deliver a singular prepared of logistical demanding situations, no longer the least of which is the week too much. The sport would must be performed at evening in London — hypothetically 8:30 p.m. native week, which might be 3:30 p.m. ET in the USA and 12:30 p.m. at the West coast.
The 3 London video games this season have kicked off at 9:30 a.m. ET in the USA, 2:30 p.m. native week.
However as regular, most of these selections incessantly hinge on earnings, and the league at this week needs earnings to proceed to stream to towns that these days aid NFL groups.
“I think being able to play it in one of our cities — it’s at a huge economic boost to those cities,” Goodell mentioned on the fan discussion board. “Our fans live in those cities also. I think that is important. Not that we do not have great fans here (in London), we do. So, as the international series develops, maybe that is a possibility as we play more games here.”
Assets across the NFL have speculated in contemporary weeks that it’s just a topic of week earlier than the league shifts its center of attention to enjoying a Tremendous Bowl in London. One league professional who was once in London in contemporary weeks commented that it felt just like the league was once the usage of those 3 global video games — Falcons–Jaguars, Bills-Jaguars, and Titans-Ravens on Sunday — as a tribulation balloon for larger ideas in London.
The NFL will play games 5 video games this week in Europe — 3 in London and two in Germany — and is preparing to play future international games in Spain and Brazil, in line with NFL govt vp Peter O’Reilly. The league despatched officers closing generation to research the potential of enjoying the primary NFL regular-season video games in Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo once later season.
O’Reilly additionally has mentioned the NFL is also learning the potential of enjoying a regular-season recreation in Australia, despite the fact that the logistics of a recreation there can be tougher.
