28 October 2007
Gridiron action kicks off in the UK when Dolphins and Giants play their Week 8 bout at Wembley. Thousands of US fans are travelling to London, and organisers expect a full house as UK fans rush to snap up the last remaining tickets.
“It’s an honour to have been chosen as the host venue for the first regular-season NFL game outside of North America,” said Wembley’s Managing Director, Alex Horne. “Wembley Stadium is known around the world for having staged some of the biggest and most important events in sport and entertainment history, and it’s great to see American football return here. We hope that this fantastic event will help to bring the drama of the sport to a much wider audience, and showcase London and the magic of Wembley to the US and the rest of the world.”
Kick off time is at 5:00pm local, 1:00pm ET, and a global audience of millions is expected to tune in on TV, on radio and online. If all goes well, it will add weight to the idea of holding the Super Bowl at Wembley, a future scenario suggested by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.
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