Owners Continue to Talk About NFL Return to Mexico Spencer Hall - Riviera Maya News
go to original June 4, 2015

NFL owners continue to talk about a future regular-season NFL game in either Mexico or Germany.

Commissioner Roger Goodell said both countries have reached out about hosting games, expressing “renewed interest” among owners. The NFL has intentions to expand their international series. This year, they will have three games in London for the second year in a row.

In 2005, Arizona hosted San Francisco in Mexico City attracting a record regular-season crowd f 103,467. There have been five pre-season matches played in Germany, but not since 1994. Goodell also notes that Rio de Janeiro has shown interest in staging a Pro Bowl.

There is speculation that any games played in Mexico would take place in Guadalajara or Monterrey, not Mexico City even though Estadio Azteca, Aztec Stadium in Mexico City, is the largest stadium in the country.

But the iconic stadium has hosted two World Cups and is in need of major renovations to bring it up to par with the level of newer stadiums in Mexico such as Onmnlife in Guadalajara of the new BBVA Stadium in Monterrey where a pre-season game was hosted in 1996.

Yet, no one is ruling out Mexico’s capital city.

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