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Barcelona “is looking to bring the NFL to the Camp Nou as the cash-strapped club considers ways to improve revenue” as the sport’s popularity in Europe grows after games in London and Germany.
Barcelona’s iconic Nou Camp stadium could reportedly host the NFL for the next two to three years.
The 99,354-capacity stadium is home to the giants of Spanish soccer, but is currently undergoing renovations.
Barcelona, which has been in financial trouble since the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, is exploring ways to attract more revenue and is considering welcoming the NFL to the field, Spanish media report. Sports world Y CHAR 1.
Barcelona’s iconic Camp Nou stadium could reportedly host the NFL in the future
The NFL had its first game in Germany, as part of a four-year deal, this season when Tom Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Seattle Seahawks at Bayern Munich’s Allianz Arena.
Dailymail.com exclusively revealed earlier this year that the NFL could have sold three million tickets for that matchup as the growth of the sport continues to soar across Europe.
And it seems that Barcelona are eager to participate once the stadium is ready for the 2024-25 campaign.
Tom Brady (No. 12) of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers has won an NFL game in four different countries
The Chicago Bears and Miami Dolphins now have ‘local merchandising’ rights in Spain and the nation once had an NFL Europe team in the Barcelona Dragons.
The NFL signed a 10-year deal in 2018 to play at least two regular-season games at Tottenham’s $1.2 billion stadium, while the Jacksonville Jaguars agreed to play one game at London’s famed Wembley Stadium for the next few three years. London has hosted regular season games since 2007.
Brady’s win in Germany gave him a victory in a fourth different country. He praised the ‘electric’ atmosphere and ‘incredible’ fan participation after the game in November and also joked that he might play in Canada next given his perfect record outside the United States.
‘I think it’s pretty cool. I have lived long enough to see these international games,” she said in Come on! with Tom Brady, Larry Fitzgerald and Jim Gray.
‘It’s like I’m the Epcot Center for quarterbacks. And it was really fun to be a part of it. And I think the fact that I’m undefeated outside of the US hopefully I can go play in the CFL at some point and really see what I can do there because things have been going pretty well for me outside of the country. .’
Brady received his own lederhosen when the Bucs faced the Seattle Seahawks in Germany.