IRVING.- The NFL will play a regular season match in Brazil in 2024 to become the first duel in South America in the growing international plan of the successful American football league.
The league indicated Wednesday during the owners’ meeting near dallas that the match will be played in the Arena Corinthians in São Paulo, Brazil. The stadium has capacity for 50,000 people and was the venue for the FIFA World Cup in 2014 and of the 2016 Olympic Games.
The NFL This year he played his first two matches in Frankfurt, Germany and three more in London. There are five meetings outside USA scheduled in 2024, three in Londonas well as new confrontations in Germany and the debut in Brazil.
At the owners’ meeting in December two years ago, the league designated local market rights for teams in several countries as part of a strategy to increase international fandom. The Dolphins de Miami They are the only team that has rights in Brazil.
“Bring to the NFL to new continents, countries and cities around the world is a critical element of our plan to continue growing the sport globally,” said the commissioner. Roger Goodell.
NFL seeks to expand its dominance:
The NFL It is, without a doubt, the most popular sports league in the world. USAabove the NBA, MLB, NHL y MLS. The attendance at the different stadiums and the number of spectators who watch the matches week after week make the discipline a culture in the North American nation.
However, although the popularity of the circuit has been growing in recent years, largely thanks to these types of initiativesthere are still many countries in which it not only generates little interest, but also in which the rules, the names of the players and even the teams are unknown.
Source: With information from AP
