The panorama of the NFL’s worldwide video games for subsequent season continues to take form. On Friday, the league introduced that Dublin will host a contest in 2025.
To little shock, the Steelers will function the designated residence crew for the NFL’s first common season sport in Eire. Croke Park — which hosted a preseason contest between the Steelers and Bears in 1997 — would be the venue. Dublin was recognized to be a robust contender to host a sport in 2025 with the league having carried out in depth background work to discover staging video games there.
“We’re very excited to be the designated crew within the first common season sport to be performed in Eire this upcoming season,” a assertion from Steelers proprietor Artwork Rooney II reads partly. “The chance for the Pittsburgh Steelers to play in Eire is really particular, not solely due to the Rooney household historical past there, but in addition to play in entrance of the rising variety of Steelers followers in Eire.”
The Rooney household’s ties to Eire embody the truth that Rooney’s father Dan served because the U.S. Ambassador to the nation from 2009-12. The Steelers are among the many groups with worldwide advertising and marketing rights in Eire and Northern Eire; additionally they have a proper partnership with the Gaelic Athletic Affiliation. Consequently, the Steelers symbolize an apparent alternative to participate within the 2025 contest, their opponent through which can be unveiled at a later date.
Subsequent season will see three London video games on the worldwide schedule, with the Jets, Browns and Jaguars recognized to be collaborating. 2025 may even see the league’s first sport in Berlin (that includes the Colts) and Madrid (that includes the Dolphins). It was introduced yesterday that Melbourne will start internet hosting video games in 2026, whereas a long-term association with Sao Paulo is being thought of. Paris is understood to be on the NFL’s radar, and it will likely be attention-grabbing to see if video games are scheduled there within the close to future. In any case, Dublin will look to affix the rising listing of normal host cities for NFL video games.
