Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Will the Super Bowl Be Played Overseas in the Near Future?

    



The Super Bowl is done, yes. The Chiefs won and were crowned the new champions for the second time in four seasons, and then had their parade. There was much discussion that evening and all the next day about the Super Bowl. And then, of course, it died down.

That includes with me, as well. Usually, I will talk a bit about it for a few days, and that, too, happened. However, it is hard not to notice that I also seem to have moved on.

One more post, though, because I thought that this was really interesting. In looking at where the next few Super Bowls will be played, one possible (apparently probable) destination stood out clearly more than the rest did. That was London, which is evidently placing a very serious bid to host the Super Bowl in the new stadium for the London Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. In fact by some accounts, London is the leading candidate to host the 2026 Super Bowl (Super Bowl LX, of 60). There has been serious talk of adding an NFL team to London, either by an expansion team, or by relocating one of the current NFL franchises to London. 

Now that would be interesting! It would also be a radically different direction for the NFL, which has somehow remained the only major North American sports league to fail to have a single franchise located outside of the United States. So with apparently serious talk of possible franchises now in Toronto, London, and/or Mexico City, it would be very interesting.

But we should remember not to count our chickens before they hatch. Let's see what happens. 



Super Bowl locations: 2024, 2025 and beyond FEB 18, 2023 / BY NBC SPORTS WASHINGTON STAFF:

https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/commanders/super-bowl-locations-2024-2025-and-beyond#:~:text=The%20NFL%20has%20announced%20where,played%20in%20Las%20Vegas%2C%20Nevada.&text=Las%20Vegas%20will%20host%20its,the%20Raiders%2C%20opened%20in%202020.




Super Bowl in London? Tottenham Hotspur reportedly eyeing bid to host 2026 event Author Photo Simon Borg 02-13-2022 •

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/soccer/news/super-bowl-london-tottenham-hotspur-stadium-host-2026/oyvwao9afekq2mpw51lifbor




Where are the next five Super Bowls?

https://www.rookieroad.com/football/where-are-the-next-5-super-bowls-1991233/

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