Berlin becomes a NFL capital: big football fever from 2025!

Berlin becomes a NFL capital: big football fever from 2025!

Berlin becomes the most exciting setting for American football in Europe! The NFL has officially confirmed that the German capital will request a venue from the coming season. This significant decision was made by the 32 team owners in a meeting and brings the first regular season game to Berlin. NFL boss Roger Goodell said: "With almost 20 million NFL fans in Germany, we are historically return to the city." Berlin is now part of Munich and Frankfurt as the third German city in the list of NFL hosts, with a total of several games planned by 2029. According to information from bz-berlin.de , the city invests around 12.5 million euros, while the NFL provides 50 million euros for the organization of the event.

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In addition to carrying out the games, the NFL will work with the Berlin Senate on a comprehensive sports development program. The focus is on promoting Flag Football, a contactless variant of the game that will be part of the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028. Already between 1990 and 1994 five American Bowl games took place in the Olympic Stadium, which is also the home of the Hertha BSC association, reported Nfl.com .

The inclusion of Berlin in the international game calendar is part of a larger plan of the NFL to increase the number of international games from four to eight and to open up new markets. The NFL will not only play games in Germany, but also in other European cities such as Madrid, London and potentially in Brazil and Australia. This is all part of Goodell's ambitious strategy to increase the sales of the NFL from currently around 20 billion to at least $ 25 billion.