2017 London Games Announced

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http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000756092/article/2017-london-games-nfl-announces-which-teams-will-be-playing

 

The NFL today announced the four games that will take place in London next season, the first time the league will play four games -- half of a home schedule of regular-season games -- in the UK capital.

 

The 2017 London games:

 

(Week; Date; Visiting Team vs. Home Team; Site)

 

3 or 4; 9/24/17 or 10/1/17; Baltimore Ravens vs. Jacksonville Jaguars; Wembley Stadium

 

3 or 4; 9/24/17 or 10/1/17; New Orleans Saints vs. Miami Dolphins; Wembley Stadium

 

7 or 8; 10/22/17 or 10/29/17; Minnesota Vikings vs. Cleveland Browns; Twickenham Stadium

 

7 or 8; 10/22/17 or 10/29/17; Arizona Cardinals vs. Los Angeles Rams; Twickenham Stadium

 

The London schedule will feature consecutive games in Weeks 3 and 4 at Wembley Stadium -- the home of English soccer -- and Weeks 7 and 8 at Twickenham Stadium, the home of English rugby. The game times and dates will be finalized in conjunction with the revealing of the full 2017 NFL schedule next spring.

 

Three teams will play their first regular-season games in London in 2017 -- the Arizona Cardinals, the visiting team against their NFC West rivals, the Los Angeles Rams at Twickenham in Week 7 or 8; the Baltimore Ravens, the visiting team against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley in Week 3 or 4; and the Cleveland Browns, the home team against the Minnesota Vikings in Week 7 or 8 at Twickenham.

 

The Miami Dolphins will play their fourth regular-season game in London, this time against the New Orleans Saints, who make their second appearance in a regular-season game in the UK. The Jaguars will play a home game in London for the fifth consecutive season.

 

At the conclusion of the 2017 season, 26 teams will have played in London since the inception of the London Games Series in 2007. Since that time, the NFL has achieved accelerated growth in the UK. Sunday viewership of NFL games has more than doubled and the Super Bowl audience has increased more than 75 percent. This season, the NFL is on pace to reach a record number of unique TV viewers in the UK. The league also has developed new and stronger business partnerships and, according to internal research, has a UK fan base of more than 13 million, including close to four million avid fans.

 

Participation in amateur football in the UK has risen by approximately 15 percent per year since 2007, with the latest figures from Sport England showing that 40,000 people age 14 or older play regularly. American football is now an officially recognized sport in UK universities and schools.

 

 

 

 

Kinda hilarious that the Jags game is the only good London game, at least on paper.

[BigBen07 285]

Oh my God.

 

I thought Goodell's plan was to "create" interest, not destroy it

[BC 331]

Frantically opened this to make sure we weren't a London victim. Thank goodness. And I have no problem with those particular games being deported.

[Bay 2,003]

 

 

Kinda hilarious that the Jags game is the only good London game, at least on paper.

I'd rather watch Saints-Dolphins to be honest

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I don't want to watch any of them... lmao

[oochymp 2,393]

So the Rams are losing a home divisional game?

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Not like people go to Rams games anyways.

[Bangy 19]

Shit were just excited that we are getting an extra game here next season.

Saints vs Dolphins will probably be the best of the 4, Not surprised that the Dolphins are coming over as they have always had one of the bigger followings over her and they have Jay Ajayi.

 

The other potentially good game is actually the Ravns vs Jags, the Jags fan base has grown a lot over here and the Ravens have wanted a London game for a few seasons. I think this is the game I'll be going too as two of my good mates are both ravens fans and annoyingly I am now in the position to afford a London game which I wasn't for the Giants this year.

 

I will guarantee that all 4 of these will sell out or be close too.