Is There A Possibility Of Super Bowl Being Hosted In London?

The NFL is now considering the prospect of relocating a future Super Bowl to London after 16 years of staging games in England.

Sunday will be the third consecutive week that an NFL game will be played in London. Fans started to speculate whether the NFL may think about holding a Super Bowl in the British capital as a result of the games frequently being played over the pond.

Is There A Possibility Of Super Bowl Being Hosted In London?

When questioned about the likelihood of the English city hosting a Super Bowl during a fan event hosted in London last week, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said that the NFL has been considering the notion.

“It is not impossible, and it is something that has been discussed before,” Goodell said, via ESPN.com. “I think that is not out of the question.”

The league’s preference for staging Super Bowls in cities with NFL clubs, though, is the main obstacle preventing this prospect from happening. There isn’t an official NFL team in London.

“I think that is not out of the question,” Goodell added. “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.”

The notion of London hosting a Super Bowl is not a near-term reality, he added, as Super Bowls are often given to cities with active NFL clubs.

In a best-case scenario, London could host a Super Bowl as early as the 2026 campaign.

“I think being able to play it in one of our cities — it’s at a huge economic boost to those cities,” added Goodell. “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.”

The NFL planned three games in London for the 2023 season, with the last one taking place in Week 6. This season, the league has two matches planned for Germany. The NFL is also considering the prospect of playing as early as next year in either Brazil or Spain.

American NFL supporters, who are protective of the Super Bowl as an American athletic heritage, have reacted negatively to the concept.

Goodell’s remarks have resurrected this topic and reignited discussions over whether the Super Bowl should ever take place outside of the United States.

It’s not the first time that London has discussed hosting the Super Bowl.

 

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