The 2024 season would be the second in a row with out an NFL recreation in Mexico. There can even not be one in 2025 (because of the everlasting “renovation” of the Azteca Stadium), so it may return to our nation till after the 2026 World Cup.
Actually, the NFL has taken benefit of the scenario and located new markets, and the perfect instance is Brazil, which could have its first common season recreation, when the Inexperienced Bay Packers towards the Philadelphia Eagles, on Friday, September 6 on the Neo Chemistry Area of Sao Paulo.
Though it might be exhausting to imagine, Brazil is a crucial marketplace for the NFL, with greater than 35 million American soccer followers, the very best exterior of the US, simply behind Mexico.
The NBA is considering Mexico
And whereas Mexican NFL followers are eager for the return of their favourite league, the NBA is significantly contemplating Mexico in its growth plans.
A few days in the past, earlier than the beginning of the finals, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver mentioned that the basketball league may flip into a global vacation spot when the day involves announce a brand new growth.
“Sooner or later, we might wish to look exterior of the US in addition to Canada,” Silver mentioned. “Perhaps it isn’t the suitable time to do it, however I am additionally enthusiastic about the long run. “
Las Vegas and Seattle are the favourite cities with an NBA franchise, however Silver’s information places Mexico Metropolis again within the dialog.
Step one has been taken, as Mexico has Los Capitanes, a G League workforce that ended the 2021-22 season.
On common, Los Capitanes introduced in 7,000 followers per recreation within the 2023-2024 season at Area Metropolis Mexico, which implies a development of 48.3 % in comparison with final 12 months, in line with information launched by Récord in early April.
To place issues into context, the Texas Legends, one other G-League workforce, averaged 5,840 followers per recreation.
And the NFL, right here?
And watch out, nobody right here is speaking about an NFL franchise. In fact it’s rather more difficult for Mexico to have an NFL workforce, nevertheless it appears superb to me that the league has not discovered one other technique to return to our nation besides via the Televisa-Estadio Azteca duo. Sure, Televisa is the companion with which the NFL involves Mexico, however I do not perceive why I stick to Azteca.
And while you ask, the reply is: “The Azteca is the one stadium with the circumstances”, and by “circumstances” learn the capability. Nonetheless, the NFL will begin in Brazil in a stadium for 49,205 followers. The BBVA stadium in Monterrey can maintain 53,500.
The followers of the NFL in Mexico are beneath arrest and that’s not going to alter. Not for now. Nonetheless, if the NBA expands in 2026 and the profitable metropolis is Mexico, the steadiness may start to shift within the route {of professional} basketball.
Look on the market.
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2024-06-08 18:05:03
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