NFL Approves Plan to Play More International Games
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Photo by Mark Cunningham/Detroit Lions/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Fresh off the National Football League’s 12th game in London in the last eight years, the league announced on Wednesday that it would continue to hold games abroad through at least 2025, and would explore other locations outside of the United Kingdom.
A resolution approved by the league’s teams expands on a 2011 resolution that allowed the NFL to schedule games in the U.K. through 2016. League Commissioner Roger Goodell said that the agreement “marks an important step in our long-term international growth.”
“Fans in the U.K. have responded incredibly well to the regular-season games we have played in London since 2007,” Goodell added. “We think it’s time to expand our International Series to other countries and respond to the growing interest in our game not only in the U.K., but elsewhere around the world.”
A schedule of internationally hosted games for 2016 is expected to be announced later this year, with the U.K. and other nations in contention to host games.
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