G'day tribe!! Hope you are all doing well. Yesterday I posted the first part of the 10 cities that should have an NFL team. First was Birmingham, Alabama. Also on the list are international expansion candidates Toronto, in Canada, as well as Frankfurt in Germany. Also on the list is Columbus in Ohio.
An NFL franchise brings a huge opportunity for candidate cities and there's no shortage of teams that would be willing to host one. Let's take a look at the some more cities which again takes us on another international journey.
6. Mexico City, Mexico
The two largest crowds in NFL history have been in Mexico City. Both set during preseason games, the largest was in 1994 when 112,376 watched the Cowboys and Houston Oilers. An NFL expansion team in Mexico makes sense with the amount of marketing and the over 22 million NFL fans in Mexico.
Cowboys were one of 18 NFL teams who had an international home marketing bid accepted today. Cowboys chose Mexico. They are one of nine franchises who can hold marketing, fan engagement and commercialization functions in Mexico for at least the next five years. pic.twitter.com/7p7TW1GpcT
— Michael Gehlken (@GehlkenNFL) December 15, 2021
Source: Originally posted on Twitter by @GehlkenNFL
5. London, England
London tops the list of expansion cities for an international NFL team. Since 2007 London has hosted International Series games and its estimated there are over 15 million NFL fans in Britain.
The biggest issue for a London NFL expansion team is the ongoing logistics of moving staff and equipment between America and Britain during a full season.
London NFL franchise mockup pic.twitter.com/tltCK9MpTE
— FB_Helmet_Guy (@FB_Helmet_Guy) March 23, 2021
Source: Originally posted on Twitter by @FB_Helmet_Guy
4. San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio has a huge media market which is bigger than Kansas City, Cincinnati and Vegas. An NFL expansion team would be 80 miles from Austin and when combined with San Antonio, is a bigger media market than Seattle-Tacoma. With the Cowboys and Texans so close, Dallas and Houston have pushed back on a San Antonio NFL expansion team in the past.
Will San Antonio ever get an NFL franchise? Mayor Nirenberg believes the investments the city is making now gives the Alamo City a chance to get a franchise in the next 10 years.https://t.co/Ex1PlddMr1
— KSAT 12 (@ksatnews) January 22, 2021
Source: Originally posted on Twitter by @ksatnews
...I'll be back tomorrow with the final part and the final three cities!
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