NFL Considering Holding Games in Hawaii and Canada

[Hank Kingsley]

The players would love to play in Canada. 75 cents per U.S. dollar.

Legal herb.

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Winnipeg.

If they BC Place( Vancouver) your in a dome.

If Vancouver. Would be best money bet for Green Bay vs Seattle. It is 50% Seahawks fans and 40% Packers fans out here in Victoria. I would buy at least 6 tickets for it for me, my dad, my brothers and their spouses.

I'd watch it on TV. Recorded.

 

[Judge Fudge]

I'd watch it on TV. Recorded.

And hear people talk about it on the news. I get it.

 

[Anointed One]

Pro Bowl isn't enough?

That's not in Hawaii anymore... I think it's been in Orlando for the past 4 years...

 

[Anointed One]

I'd go to a game in Hawaii for sure...

 

[wazzu31]

Be perfect for a Kaepernick led team. He can kneel for a song about Canada and no one would bat an eye since even his ancestors hated the Queen.

 

[Dr. Strangelove]

The only two viable locations in Canada are Toronto and Vancouver, imo. None of the other cities facilities are big enough. London, we alresdy know about. I don't think there's another European destination worth exploring. Hawaii works for all the west coast teams. Mexico is still an option but they really have to address that field. Other than that, it's other American cities like maybe a Cowboys/Texans tilt in San Antonio or a Giants/Jets at Yankee Stadium. Gimmicky maybe but that is really the leagues options. Maybe a couple of other continental U.S. locales, I don't know.

 

[Judge Fudge]

The only two viable locations in Canada are Toronto and Vancouver, imo. None of the other cities facilities are big enough. London, we alresdy know about. I don't think there's another European destination worth exploring. Hawaii works for all the west coast teams. Mexico is still an option but they really have to address that field. Other than that, it's other American cities like maybe a Cowboys/Texans tilt in San Antonio or a Giants/Jets at Yankee Stadium. Gimmicky maybe but that is really the leagues options. Maybe a couple of other continental U.S. locales, I don't know.

Again hotel across the street. Perfect.

Oh BTW Fuck the blazers

 

[NEPatsfan]

Cool, lets keep fucking teams out of home games (except the Patriots)

If the Raiders didn't suck year in and year out, they wouldn't be wondering aimlessly around the western side of North America.

 

[ATL96Steeler]

My understanding is if they go to a 17 game season each team would have 8 home games and one game would be played on a neutral site

The NFL is already in most of the major markets in the US...they could play a game in Salt Lake, Portland, San Antonio, a few sites in Canada...my point is they would need 16 neutral game sites...They will end up in some bad locations trying to do a 17th neutral game on a league wide scale.

 

[Manster7588]

Goodell will have the Giants neutral site game at the Jets stadium.

 

[Manster7588]

The NFL is already in most of the major markets in the US...they could play a game in Salt Lake, Portland, San Antonio, a few sites in Canada...my point is they would need 16 neutral game sites...They will end up in some bad locations trying to do a 17th neutral game on a league wide scale.

I hope the NFL is ready to foot the bill to build NFL Stadiums around the US. In no way is it fair to ask these areas to build a stadium for a few games a year.

 

[Manster7588]

Another option is to use current stadiums as a neutral site. Vegas, LA and Miami could be neutral site games while those teams are on the road.

 

[ATL96Steeler]

I hope the NFL is ready to foot the bill to build NFL Stadiums around the US. In no way is it fair to ask these areas to build a stadium for a few games a year.

For a new stadium, the tab is starting at a billion these days...they won't...no way to get a positive return on that investment. For the cities...without a major tenant they would be stupid to take on the debt required to build an NFL caliber stadium.

I could see the NFL playing in Columbus OH and using the Buckeyes stadium, or something like that, but going into Memphis, or Portland and saying we'd like to make you guys a neutral site and we'll play 4 games a yr here but we need you to build an NFL caliber stadium or renovate what you have. They would get laughed out of town.

 

[fordman84]

The only two viable locations in Canada are Toronto and Vancouver, imo. None of the other cities facilities are big enough. London, we alresdy know about. I don't think there's another European destination worth exploring. Hawaii works for all the west coast teams. Mexico is still an option but they really have to address that field. Other than that, it's other American cities like maybe a Cowboys/Texans tilt in San Antonio or a Giants/Jets at Yankee Stadium. Gimmicky maybe but that is really the leagues options. Maybe a couple of other continental U.S. locales, I don't know.

Has the option been floated of a 17th game but it must be played in a non-NFL city? That would be pretty cool. There are enough top 50 US markets that don't have a team to support that, could be like a CFB bowl rotation. Sprinkle in an international city every so often and there you have it.

 

[fordman84]

My understanding is if they go to a 17 game season each team would have 8 home games and one game would be played on a neutral site

And had I read the thread, there it is.

 

[fordman84]

For a new stadium, the tab is starting at a billion these days...they won't...no way to get a positive return on that investment. For the cities...without a major tenant they would be stupid to take on the debt required to build an NFL caliber stadium.

I could see the NFL playing in Columbus OH and using the Buckeyes stadium, or something like that, but going into Memphis, or Portland and saying we'd like to make you guys a neutral site and we'll play 4 games a yr here but we need you to build an NFL caliber stadium or renovate what you have. They would get laughed out of town.

I would think most P5 football stadiums could be considered NFL worthy. I'd think almost all of the SEC and B1G stadiums are as good, if not better, than Lambeau.

 

[ATL96Steeler]

I would think most P5 football stadiums could be considered NFL worthy. I'd think almost all of the SEC and B1G stadiums are as good, if not better, than Lambeau.

Yep...so the NFL would play these neutral site games in cities like Oxford, MS...Athens, GA, Ann Harbor, MI?

 

[Manster7588]

For a new stadium, the tab is starting at a billion these days...they won't...no way to get a positive return on that investment. For the cities...without a major tenant they would be stupid to take on the debt required to build an NFL caliber stadium.

I could see the NFL playing in Columbus OH and using the Buckeyes stadium, or something like that, but going into Memphis, or Portland and saying we'd like to make you guys a neutral site and we'll play 4 games a yr here but we need you to build an NFL caliber stadium or renovate what you have. They would get laughed out of town.

Any Mayor who signs up to build a stadium is just signing his resignation.

 

[fordman84]

Yep...so the NFL would play these neutral site games in cities like Oxford, MS...Athens, GA, Ann Harbor, MI?

Games at stadiums for Texas, A&M, Tennessee, Scar, tOSU, Michigan, FSU, ND.


Sure there are NFL stadiums close by, but still would be cool to see NFL players going back to some of their alma mater or where they played before. Imagine a draw of Cowboys vs Texans in Waco, College Station, or Austin. WOuldn't be fair, but seening the Cowboys play anyone at the cotton bowl again would be pretty sweet.