NFL to host three games in Rio de Janeiro starting 2026

Starting successful 2026, the American Football League (NFL) plans to signifier 3 games of the regular play successful Rio de Janeiro, astatine the celebrated Maracana stadium, successful the adjacent 5 years. This determination is portion of the league's broader strategy to amusement its games successful cities astir the satellite and bring American shot person to a planetary audience.

NFL games person been played successful Brazil before; past year, Green Bay and Philadelphia played their matches, portion successful the archetypal circular of this season, Kansas City and the Los Angeles Chargers played successful Sao Paulo. The Detroit, Miami, New England and Philadelphia clubs person planetary selling rights successful Brazil arsenic portion of the NFL's Global Markets program, which promotes marque designation and grows the instrumentality basal extracurricular the US.

So far, 56 matches person been played abroad, and the hosts were Frankfurt, London, Mexico City, Munich, Sao Paolo and Toronto. As portion of this year's schedule, aft the matches successful Sao Paolo, matches successful Dublin, London, Berlin and Madrid are planned.

Australia for the archetypal time

It is absorbing that an NFL crippled volition beryllium played successful Australia adjacent twelvemonth for the archetypal time. The Melbourne Cricket Stadium was chosen for the event, which generated large involvement from the section assemblage and sports media. The NFL wants to usage this accidental to further grow its popularity successful countries wherever American shot is inactive not a large sport.

The beingness of the league and planetary teams is expected to lend to greater designation of the NFL marque and pull caller fans. These events are not lone sports competitions, but besides a mode to beforehand American shot connected the planetary stage.

The league's determination to broadcast its games extracurricular the US shows the NFL's ambition to go a planetary phenomenon, and the Marakana and the Melbourne Cricket Ground go symbols of this strategy. Fans astir the satellite are already eagerly awaiting the day of the archetypal games and the accidental to spot the champion American shot teams live.

There are galore NFL fans each astir the world.