NFL game in Mexico City?

[Chaotic42]

What did I miss? Why is there an NFL game in Mexico City (SF vs AZ) and loads of commercials in Spanish on my television? Are they putting a team in Mexico?

 

[mzkhadir]

I am thinking, they are trying to grow a market.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

I'd probably wager they (the NFL) would like to expand the interest in the sport. They've done preseason games abroad plenty of times (including this year), however those games aren't real (players are held back, this years Peyton Manning vs. Micheal Vick wasn't anywhere near as good as it would have been if it were for real). This is regular season and you can tell the fans like the scoring (they boo when they punt on 4th or go for a field goal or kneel the ball down with 6 seconds to go in the half). Who knows, with teams in Europe, maybe the NFL is looking to start some sort of system in the central/southern Americas.

I think LA got the go ahead for a new team, not sure when, but just one team would unbalance things...

 

[1sikbITCH]

Marketing ploy.

They aren't moving any teams to Mexico (yet), just expanding the NFL's consumer base.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
What did I miss? Why is there an NFL game in Mexico City (SF vs AZ) and loads of commercials in Spanish on my television? Are they putting a team in Mexico?

Whoa, slow down there, maestro. There's a NEW Mexico?

 

[Ausm]

Been done several times before and hopefully we can see the game through the pollution


Ausm

 

[alien42]

"Playing in a stadium that can hold well over 100,000 people, this game is expected to have the highest attendance ever for a regular-season NFL game"

 

[alien42]

Originally posted by: Ausm
Been done several times before and hopefully we can see the game through the pollution


Ausm

this is the first time a regular season game has been played outside the US

 

[MrCodeDude]

They need Ron Mexico playing down there.