If he pittsburgh steelers If they had their way, the next European location for NFL games could be Dublin, Ireland.
Visiting Croke Park to talk about the steelersThe “Global Markets Programme” partnership with Ireland, business development and strategy director Daniel Rooney said the team has a “long-term” goal of playing a regular season game on the Emerald Isle.
“The first approach is to bring the steelers to the people of Ireland,” Rooney said, according to the team’s website. “We are going to try to reach all 32 counties. Our long-term aspirations are to play a game in Ireland. As we move through the process, we will evaluate all options.
The ties between steelers and Ireland are deep. The Rooney family founded the team, and former team executive and owner Dan M. Rooney served as President Obama’s ambassador to Ireland from 2019-2012.
In 1997, Croke Park was the site of a pre-season game between the steelers and Chicago Bears, but Ireland has yet to host a regular season game. The league has brought regular season games to London, Toronto, Mexico City and Munich and will play two games in Frankfurt, Germany in 2023.
He steelers took advantage of an expansion of the NFL’s “Global Markets” program, which gives teams marketing rights in foreign countries. He steelers and Jacksonville Jaguars received the rights to the Republic of Ireland in 2022; Pittsburgh also received marketing rights in Northern Ireland.
On the college football front, Northwestern posted a 31-28 victory over Nebraska last August in a Big Ten game in Dublin.
Florida State and Georgia Tech are scheduled to kick off the 2024 season in Dublin.
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