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Tom Brady has said he'd love the Superbowl to come to the UK and be played in Birmingham at a stadium that's about the start construction.

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Tom Brady wants Super Bowl to be staged in UK stadium that's not been built yet

NFL icon Tom Brady has refused to rule out potentially hosting the Super Bowl in Birmingham. Brady, who is a minority owner of Birmingham City, would love to see the iconic event take place in the …
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He's a part owner of the local team Birmingham City and the new stadium will have 62k seats.
What do you think of the idea of the Superbowl being played overseas and do you think it will be played outside the US in the next few decades or so?
 
Peter said:
Tom Brady has said he'd love the Superbowl to come to the UK and be played in Birmingham at a stadium that's about the start construction.

talksport.com

Tom Brady wants Super Bowl to be staged in UK stadium that's not been built yet

NFL icon Tom Brady has refused to rule out potentially hosting the Super Bowl in Birmingham. Brady, who is a minority owner of Birmingham City, would love to see the iconic event take place in the …
talksport.com talksport.com

He's a part owner of the local team Birmingham City and the new stadium will have 62k seats.
What do you think of the idea of the Superbowl being played overseas and do you think it will be played outside the US in the next few decades or so?
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If the Super Bowl were held in the UK it would have to be at Wembley. Brady's idea is nuts, as it would be like the UK being given the opportunity to host the World Cup Final and deciding to play the match in Bradford.

That said, I think hosting at least one SB in the UK is a good idea.
 
NatMorton said:
If the Super Bowl were held in the UK it would have to be at Wembley. Brady's idea is nuts, as it would be like the UK being given the opportunity to host the World Cup Final and deciding to play the match in Bradford.

That said, I think hosting at least one SB in the UK is a good idea.
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There's 10 stadiums in the UK that sear 60,000+.
 
Grand Mal said:
There's 10 stadiums in the UK that sear 60,000+.
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That's not the point. It's not a question of capacity but of status. The NFL would not allow it's most important event to be held in a stadium used to hold second tier soccer matches. It would be like the US hosting the Grey Cup final and playing the game in Oklahoma City. It lacks cachet.
 
NatMorton said:
That's not the point. It's not a question of capacity but of status. The NFL would not allow it's most important event to be held in a stadium used to hold second tier soccer matches. It would be like the US hosting the Grey Cup final and playing the game in Oklahoma City. It lacks cachet.
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2nd tier? The Premier League?
 
NatMorton said:
That's not the point. It's not a question of capacity but of status. The NFL would not allow it's most important event to be held in a stadium used to hold second tier soccer matches. It would be like the US hosting the Grey Cup final and playing the game in Oklahoma City. It lacks cachet.
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Depends on the profit they could wring out of it.
 
I couldn't imagine a more ****ed up thing to do to American football fans than hold the Super Bowl abroad.
It's the kind of tone deaf idea that can only come from the detached mind of the super wealthy.
 
Big NFL fan and would hate to see a Super Bowl played overseas BUT bottom line is the NFL is about money so if the price is right with financial incentives to the NFL and team owners I would not be surprised to see it happen. And there have been talk about the NFL expanding teams into Europe at some point.
 
Grand Mal said:
There's 10 stadiums in the UK that sear 60,000+.
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Man United have a large capacity stadium but it's considered a dump after a decade of underinvestment.
They plan to build a new multibillion pound stadium but that won't be open for quite a while.

I love the game to played at the stadium being built for my team Luton Town but it will only have a capacity of 25k.
 
KingLeo said:
Big NFL fan and would hate to see a Super Bowl played overseas BUT bottom line is the NFL is about money so if the price is right with financial incentives to the NFL and team owners I would not be surprised to see it happen. And there have been talk about the NFL expanding teams into Europe at some point.
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The owners of the Jags tried to buy Wembley stadium in London to set-up a team but the offer was turned down as the Stadium is iconic for Englands football team.
 
Peter said:
Man United have a large capacity stadium but it's considered a dump after a decade of underinvestment.
They plan to build a new multibillion pound stadium but that won't be open for quite a while.

I love the game to played at the stadium being built for my team Luton Town but it will only have a capacity of 25k.
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Well, my team, Celtic, play in a largish stadium.
 
Unlikely it will ever happen, possible I guess... about as possible as Trump becoming a nice upstanding decent humanitarian, no matter what Brady says or owns over there.
 
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Ain't gonna happen in the near future. None of these cities is going to give up the financial jackpot.
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I don't expect any teams to give-up a spot.
Any stadium overseas will have to bid and win just like any other.
If a UK stadium can win on merrit I see no problem.
 
Grand Mal said:
Well, my team, Celtic, play in a largish stadium.
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I'd have zero problem with the Celtic stadium hosting.
I'd just like to see it in the UK.
 
Peter said:
The owners of the Jags tried to buy Wembley stadium in London to set-up a team but the offer was turned down as the Stadium is iconic for Englands football team.
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For now.
But if the NFL itself came with offers of expanding teams, helping to build stadiums, etc., you might find cities in the UK and Germany more responsive.
US football fans are growing in Europe and the NFL has never been one to pass up a chance to make more money.
 
OrphanSlug said:
Unlikely it will ever happen, possible I guess... about as possible as Trump becoming a nice upstanding decent humanitarian, no matter what Brady says or owns over there.
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Trump becoming an upstanding individual is about as likely as me winning a 100m gold at the next Olympics.
I'm 49 so i'd say it's rather unlikely unless I can get some really, really good and totally untraceble sports drugs.
 
Grand Mal said:
2nd tier? The Premier League?
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I'll assume the reference is to the fact Birmingham City isn't in the Premier League. They just got promoted to the Championship which is the second tier league. From what I understand the NFL has become quite popular in the UK, and their exhibition games there sell out, so something like the Super Bowl would make sense to have at a large venue like Wembley or Twickenham.
 
KingLeo said:
For now.
But if the NFL itself came with offers of expanding teams, helping to build stadiums, etc., you might find cities in the UK and Germany more responsive.
US football fans are growing in Europe and the NFL has never been one to pass up a chance to make more money.
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The only problem is Europe has a completely different system for funding sports stadiums.
For example we don't have any stadiums for colleges or universities and the idea of a local council helping to fund a football stadium is just not done here.

Also teams don't switch cities they stay where they are.
The idea of a team like Liverpool leaving the city for a new stadium elsewhere is unthinkable no matter how much money was offered.
Even opposition fans would be horrified as the team is just synomimous to the city.
 
MamboDervish said:
I couldn't imagine a more ****ed up thing to do to American football fans than hold the Super Bowl abroad.
It's the kind of tone deaf idea that can only come from the detached mind of the super wealthy.
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Why?
If the sport wants to grow overseas it needs to also give them at least the possibility to host the largest game in the sport.

The reason the football world cup is in the US is to try and raise the profile of the sport and I'm sure it will.
If a stadium in Germany or the UK can win a bidding contest against US stadiums where's the harm?

I don't ask for any preferential treatment for the overseas stadiums just that they be given a chance.
 
ElChupacabra said:
I'll assume the reference is to the fact Birmingham City isn't in the Premier League. They just got promoted to the Championship which is the second tier league. From what I understand the NFL has become quite popular in the UK, and their exhibition games there sell out, so something like the Super Bowl would make sense to have at a large venue like Wembley or Twickenham.
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The UK games are always sold out.
That's why Tottenham has a pitch that pops-up so they can play NFL games as they have a 10 year agreement for games.
 
Peter said:
The only problem is Europe has a completely different system for funding sports stadiums.
For example we don't have any stadiums for colleges or universities and the idea of a local council helping to fund a football stadium is just not done here.

Also teams don't switch cities they stay where they are.
The idea of a team like Liverpool leaving the city for a new stadium elsewhere is unthinkable no matter how much money was offered.
Even opposition fans would be horrified as the team is just synomimous to the city.
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Not a problem.
The NFL finances the building of a new stadium, and they have done that in the US, and lets say they build it in a suburb of Liverpool, somewhere not in direct conflict with the current soccer stadium.
Plus the newer NFL stadiums are no longer just football stadiums, they are convention centers, hotels, shopping and restaurant venues, and host a wide variety of other sporting events.
Just saying it is possible. If the NFL determines it is a money maker and they get enough interested investors, etc., I would not be surprised to see a UK or Germany expansion of the NFL.
 
More importantly, Tottenham also has a new fangled system for puoring pints of beer.



If that isn't reason enough to give the stadium the Superbowl I don't know what is.
 
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