Superbowl in London?
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nLions1
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Superbowl in London?
NFL confirms talks to hold Super Bowl in London.
A senior NFL official confirmed that 'substantive talks' have been held with London officials about holding the Super Bowl abroad, the BBC reported Friday.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has expressed interest in the past about bringing the game to London in an effort to expand the game to a global audience.
"We've spoken on what it would take to host and for us to bring it over," the BBC quotes events vice-president Frank Supovitz, speaking in New York City a day before the NFL Draft will take place there. "The city has all the facilities needed, and in great quantity."
Visit London, the city's official visitor organization, has long pursued a deal to bring the Super Bowl to the capital.
"Ever since the NFL began playing games in London we have been in discussions with the NFL about what is involved in staging Super Bowl from the host city perspective," the BBC quoted commercial director David Hornby.
While the venues for the next three Super Bowls have already been chosen, London appears to be a real possibility down the road.
The NFL has already had success there, with a regular season game at Wembley in 2007 drawing 80,000 fans to watch the New York Giants play the Miami Dolphins.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_s ... 016358.stm
A senior NFL official confirmed that 'substantive talks' have been held with London officials about holding the Super Bowl abroad, the BBC reported Friday.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has expressed interest in the past about bringing the game to London in an effort to expand the game to a global audience.
"We've spoken on what it would take to host and for us to bring it over," the BBC quotes events vice-president Frank Supovitz, speaking in New York City a day before the NFL Draft will take place there. "The city has all the facilities needed, and in great quantity."
Visit London, the city's official visitor organization, has long pursued a deal to bring the Super Bowl to the capital.
"Ever since the NFL began playing games in London we have been in discussions with the NFL about what is involved in staging Super Bowl from the host city perspective," the BBC quoted commercial director David Hornby.
While the venues for the next three Super Bowls have already been chosen, London appears to be a real possibility down the road.
The NFL has already had success there, with a regular season game at Wembley in 2007 drawing 80,000 fans to watch the New York Giants play the Miami Dolphins.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_s ... 016358.stm
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Re: Superbowl in London?
Isnt the audience large enough for the NFL? English people have soccer, we have football. I kinda feel thats taking away from Americans to hold a super bowl abroad. We were there all year to help the NFL in revenue, why should they take the superbowl to people that dont watch the sport as often as us?
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Re: Superbowl in London?
I couldn't agree more with you nlions1. People who think the game should be in London are saying that Americans will still travel to go to the Super Bowl and it's no different than taking a plane to Florida or Arizona. What these people don't understand is that the average person has a slight chance to go to the Super Bowl if it's in the States. And the average NFL fan would have slim to no chance whatsoever to go to the Super Bowl. Why take the game away from the people who support it the most? And why does the NFL NEED to expand overseas?