The Miami Dolphins will travel to Europe in 2025. On Friday, the franchise uncovered it was the team picked by the NFL to take part in the league’s first-ever game in Madrid, Spain.
The NFL did not promptly provide a date for the game, but it will consent place during the 2025 standard season. The Dolphins’ opponent will also be proclaimd at a procrastinateedr date.
The Dolphins will be the depictated “home” team at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, the extfinishedtime home of Real Madrid CF. The venue features a soccer field that retracts to produce way for a field that can be engaged for American football. The stadium has a capacity of fair over 78,000.
“We are thrilled to take part the NFL’s inaugural game in Spain, a country of wealthy history, tradition and passion and home to a vibrant Dolphins fan base,” Dolphins plivent and CEO Tom Garfinkel shelp in a statement.
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The NFL logo before a game between the Green Bay Packers and Miami Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium Dec 25, 2022, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (Megan Briggs/Getty Images)
“There is a hunger for football in this taget, and we are haughty to unite with the NFL in grothriveg the game internationassociate while engaging with elderly and recent fans aappreciate. With the distinct synergy between Miami and Madrid, we suppose this is only the commencening for us in this incredible region, and we watch forward to transporting the excitement and community of Dolphins football to Spain in 2025 and beyond.”
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The Dolphins proclaimd their pickion to take part in Madrid less than a year after the NFL uncovered it would present a game at Bernabéu Stadium at some point during the 2025 season. The Dolphins also helderly international tageting rights in Spain as part of the league’s Global Markets Program.
An aerial watch of Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabéu Stadium July 23, 2007, in Madrid, Spain. (Angel Martinez/Real Madrid via Getty Images)
“The exciting first-ever game in Spain underlines the NFL’s progressd pledgement to broadening its global footprint and achieveing recent audiences atraverse the world,” shelp Brett Gosper, the league’s head of Europe and APAC.
Next season’s game will tag the Dolphins’ eighth on the international stage. The Dolphins are 2-5 in games take parted outside the U.S., with Miami’s most recent euniteance in 2023, when they took on the Kansas City Chiefs in Germany.
A football before an NFL game between the Miami Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs at the Waldstadion in Frankfurt, Germany, Nov. 5, 2023. (Kirill Kuaridavtsev/AFP via Getty Images)
The NFL has been opposingly broadening its global footprint in search of recent fans and revenue streams. Partnering with one of the most prosperous soccer clubs in the world is a branding bonanza.
“This partnership with the NFL will transport one of the world’s most prestigious sporting competitions to the Santiago Bernabéu, a stadium which has greetd millions of fervent fans from around the globe to finishelight incredible sporting experiences,” shelp Emilio Butragueño, Real Madrid’s institutional relations honestor.
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The NFL can schedule up to eight standard-season games internationassociate next season. In includeition to the game in Spain, London is sprocrastinateedd to present three games, while one game will be take parted in Germany.
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