The NFL continues to extend its world footprint.
For the first time, Dublin, Madrid and Berlin host matches of the NFL regular season next season, the NFL announced on Friday, a few days before the Super Bowl.
The Rams of Los Angeles will also organize a match in Melbourne, Australia, in 2026, the first time that a NFL match is played on this continent.
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The NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell, during the NFL Live Munich to Augustiner-Keller. (Images Kirby Lee / Imagn)
Pittsburgh steelers will play the Historic Croke Park in the Irish capital, with their opponent to determine.
“I think that the emotion you hear from all of us is the excitement to bring a regular season game in Ireland with the Steelers and how special it will be. And, yes, it comes back to fans”, Peter O ‘Reilly, said the executive vice-president of the NFL for international events, in a press release.
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“We see Irish fans going to matches in London or Germany or elsewhere, but it is a game on Irish soil, Dublin, Croke Park, and an opportunity to create an incredible atmosphere.”
The Steelers played the Chicago Bears in a 1997 pre-season match in Croke Park, which has a capacity of more than 82,000.
The Indianapolis colts will be the home team of a match at the Olympic stadium in Berlin, and the Miami dolphins will be the Madrid home team.
Dolphins play in Bernabéu, the domestic stadium of the Spanish football club Real Madrid.
Pittsburgh steelers head coach Mike Tomlin congratulates the Steelers receiver George Pickens (14) after a long grip against Washington commanders at the Northwest Stadium de Landover, MD., November 10, 2024. (Geoff Burke / Imagn Images)
The Rams will be the team at home when they play Melbourne, Australia, in 2026. They will play Melbourne Cricket Ground, a place that contains around 100,000 spectators, as part of a multi -year agreement to have matches in Australia.
“It’s a big statement,” said O’Reilly. “Probably a few years ago, you may not have thought it was a reality. I would say that the commissioner, the 32 owners, there is a commitment to become a real global sports property. This means to extend Our imprint.
O’Reilly also said that the match in Melbourne will probably be played in week 1 to give teams as much time as possible to acclimatize to the difference in time zones.
The NFL could play up to eight international matches in 2025. London welcomed three, with the New York Jets and Cleveland Browns being each team at home for a match at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
The jets will also be the home team for a match at the Wembley stadium.
As international consumer markets leave, Ireland would be by far the smallest that the NFL has entered so far.
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The NFL also plans to have a team to play consecutive weeks in different European cities as it continues to try to extend the game worldwide.
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