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 house group 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 known to be a strong 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 group within the first common season sport to be performed in Eire this upcoming season,” a statement from Steelers proprietor Artwork Rooney II reads partially. “The chance for the Pittsburgh Steelers to play in Eire is really particular, not solely due to the Rooney household historical past there, but additionally 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; in addition they have a proper partnership with the Gaelic Athletic Affiliation. Because of this, the Steelers signify an apparent selection to participate within the 2025 contest, their opponent through which will probably 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 taking part. 2025 may also 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 begin hosting 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 is going to be fascinating to see if video games are scheduled there within the close to future. In any case, Dublin will look to hitch the rising record of standard host cities for NFL video games.
