London Mayor Wants Future Super Bowl to Be Played in England

If the mayor of London gets his wish, America’s biggest game will be played across the pond someday.

In an interview with talkSport, Sadiq Khan said he hopes that London will eventually have its own NFL franchise and that a future Super Bowl will be played in the UK.

Since 2007, 21 regular season games have been played in London and more than 1.5 million people have attended NFL matches at Wembley Stadium alone.

A new stadium for the Tottenham Spurs which has been designed to host American football as well as soccer will open soon and Khan said his “team is working very closely with the NFL” to bring more of the league’s games to town.

“I’ve been saying since the first day I became mayor my ambition is to have more American football games in London and ultimately for there to be a franchise there and, dare I say it, even the Super Bowl,” Khan said.

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