Post by Jep Gambardella on Mar 1, 2024 18:13:50 GMT
DALLAS -- The NFL, which already plays games each year in the United Kingdom and Germany, will head to a new continent in 2024, with a regular season game to be played in São Paulo, Brazil, the league announced on Wednesday. The date and time of the game and the teams that will play it have not yet been announced.
São Paulo was chosen over Madrid, Spain, although Peter O'Reilly, the NFL's executive vice president of club business, international and league events, said Madrid could host a game as soon as 2025.
"The good news is both are really viable and interested in hosting games," O'Reilly told NFL.com. "Pending having the opportunity to play in Madrid and Brazil in the future, we would be excited to do that. The reason we went first with Brazil really ties to going to a new continent for the first time, into South America for the first time for the regular season."
