Posted on 08/17/2025 9:58:46 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
A Super Bowl not being played on American soil has never felt more likely with the NFL's international expansion of regular season games, with London making a strong case through British ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson.
London's Wembley Stadium has hosted regular-season NFL games for a decade, with it always being mentioned for the loftiest of the league's expansion goals for an actual franchise.
While Mexico City, Toronto, and Munich would also love to be in the race to host arguably the biggest annual game on the world's sporting calendar, Mandelson's case gives England's capital city a possible leg up.
'I’ve made a big pitch for the first Super Bowl outside the US to take place in Britain,' he told the Chicago Council on Global Affairs on Thursday, per The Times.
Mandelson's assertion came as he asked if there were any workers from the NFL in the audience.
'I want that Super Bowl in Britain. I don’t care when it takes place but I want it announced while I’m ambassador. We love it, we love it.'
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I did not know that muslims are into American Football.
Nope
“Isn’t the Super Bowl often the most watched televised event in any given year?”
Yes, for some reason, the Stupor Bowl is the most watched sporting event in the US. But, it’s far from the most popular sporting event in the world.
The US is the only country that watches the National Felons League. The rest of the world is obsessed with soccer.
Who knew Muslims like American football? Can’t be native Britons. They have soccer.
Ya beat me to it!
Maybe the folks in Dearborn are telling tall tales about the Detroit Lions!
Good question. No idea.
One thing for sure. No booze.
The Champions League final typically averages around 400 million viewers, while the Super Bowl averages around 115 million.
Maybe ten years ago, I might have been concerned, or at least expressed my resistance.
Anymore? I could not care less what the NFL does, or says.
I was an avid Vikings fan, from their inception, but they have chased me away. Screw the NFL and their stupid woke b.s.
Thank you.
I wasn’t sure about the exact numbers, but I know it’s the most popular sporting event in the world.
I can’t wait for the Champions League to begin.
Premier League started this weekend.
If there was ever a place to have a terrorist attack on a SB, London is as good a place as any. This is NUTZ.
I know.
Liverpool’s game was very emotional. At the end of the match, I felt so sad for Salah. He wept as the Kop sang Diogo’s song.
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