The Indianapolis Colts have been designated as the house staff subsequent season for the NFL’s first regular-season sport in Berlin, the league introduced Wednesday.
The Berlin sport, a part of the NFL’s 2025 worldwide video games, shall be performed on the Olympic Stadium.
It is going to be the fifth regular-season sport performed in Germany, which additionally has hosted NFL video games in Munich and Frankfurt because the 2022 season.
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Seattle Seahawks in Munich in 2022 within the NFL’s first regular-season sport in Germany.
“Germany is a vital marketplace for the NFL, with continued progress in fandom and keenness for the sport,” NFL Germany basic supervisor Alexander Steinforth stated in an announcement. “After 4 profitable worldwide video games in-market throughout Munich and Frankfurt, we’re thrilled to have the Colts because the designated staff for our first-ever common season sport in Berlin in 2025 — a metropolis that holds a lot soccer historical past and is a real testomony to the worldwide enlargement and progress of the league.”
The Colts beforehand have performed in Europe twice — together with a 2023 Frankfurt sport in opposition to the New England Patriots. The Colts’ opponent and date of the Berlin sport shall be introduced later.
“The NFL is making historical past in Berlin, and the Colts are proud to be a part of this landmark occasion in one of many world’s most historic cities,” Colts proprietor Jim Irsay stated in an announcement. “The NFL has turn into a world model, and we’re wanting ahead to rising American soccer in Germany and increasing Colts Nation’s footprint all over the world. This sport additionally supplies a singular alternative for our native Indiana companions to interact with German companies, prospects and followers this season and sooner or later.”
From 1990 to 1994, the NFL performed 5 American Bowl video games on the Olympic Stadium, and the venue additionally was residence to the Berlin Thunder of NFL Europe from 2003 to 2007.
The NFL can schedule as much as eight league-operated regular-season video games internationally in 2025. Two video games shall be performed in London at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and one sport in Madrid on the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. The New York Jets and the Cleveland Browns are the designated groups for Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
The Jacksonville Jaguars will return to Wembley Stadium in London for a “residence” sport. Up to now, 55 regular-season NFL video games have been performed all over the world all through the league’s historical past, with London, Munich, Frankfurt, São Paulo, Mexico Metropolis and Toronto all internet hosting video games.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
