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The NFL expects to be taking part in a regular-season recreation in Tokyo in both 2027 or 2028, commissioner Roger Goodell mentioned on Friday.
‘Listen, Tokyo is clearly on our record, whether or not it is subsequent yr or the yr after. It’s coming in some unspecified time in the future within the close to future,’ Goodell informed NFL Daily.
‘We’re going to proceed to give attention to our precedence markets, which lots of them they have been in, however there are different cities; this yr, we went to Rio (de Janeiro) reasonably than Sao Paulo.
Goodell was fast to level to the facility of the NFL with its journey to Melbourne, Australia, for a Week 1 encounter between the San Francisco 49ers and rival Los Angeles Rams.
‘On a Friday morning at 10:30 (a.m. native time), to have 100,000 folks within the stadium, it was simply an unimaginable feeling for us. I feel it is opened up new alternatives for us,’ Goodell mentioned. ‘The journey is one thing we expect we will handle and do it with out impacting negatively on the groups. So, every of those we discovered one thing from and we profit and we additionally open these different doorways.
‘We’re planning on taking part in international. That’s the place we’re going.’
The NFL has performed 5 of its 9 worldwide video games up to now this season.
Goodell was in Paris on Friday prematurely of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ recreation on Sunday in opposition to the New Orleans Saints.
The league’s second journey to Spain takes place in Week 9 with the Cincinnati Bengals battling the Atlanta Falcons on Nov. 8 in Madrid.
Next up is Germany, the place the New England Patriots will meet the Detroit Lions in Week 10 on Nov. 15 in Munich.
The ultimate worldwide providing options the Minnesota Vikings and 49ers in Mexico City in Week 11 on Nov. 22
The NFL beforehand performed 14 exhibition video games in Japan, with the final one pitting the Falcons in opposition to the Indianapolis Colts in 2005.
–Field Level Media