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The Super Bowl has always been held in America. After all, it is the pinnacle of American football. However, if it could, one country would have it played out on a whole other continent.
The NFL is becoming more popular outside the United States and has been hosting games overseas for many years now, yet no postseason games have ever been held away from American shores, let alone the season finale.
Be that as it may, a European country is looking to someday play host to a Super Bowl, with Peter Mandelson, the British ambassador to the U.S., having made an official pitch to bring the game to Great Britain with the 2025 NFL season approaching and finalized.
“I’ve made a big pitch for the first Super Bowl outside the U.S. to take place in Britain,” He said to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, per The Times (H/T Reuters).
“I want that Super Bowl in Britain. I don’t care when it takes place, but I want it announced while I’m ambassador. We love it, we love it.”
The NFL has been playing games in England since 2007, so it might not be all that surprising if the league eventually decides to take America’s most-watched event there.
There’s no doubt that it wouldn’t go down well with fans, especially considering that there’s also a significant time difference. A British Super Bowl would have to start close to midnight to keep it at the traditional time for Americans, which would never happen.
Meanwhile, the league’s international schedule has introduced two first-time countries for the 2025 season, with Spain and Ireland joining as new overseas locations following Brazil’s addition last year.
The venues for the next three Super Bowls have also been decided, so Mandelson’s dream definitely cannot be fulfilled, at least until after 2028.
The 2026 iteration is set for Santa Clara, California, with the halftime show performer supposedly already identified in leaks.
It will remain in California the following year, with Inglewood the venue, while 2028’s game will be in Atlanta, Georgia.
