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Posted 08/02/2007 08:05:41 AM | | For the guys based in the UK, NFL.com had the following about the upcoming NFL game....
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LONDON (Feb. 7, 2007) -- The NFL's first regular-season game outside North America already looks like a big hit.
More than 500,000 tickets were requested by about 160,000 fans in the three days following the Feb. 2 official announcement, the NFL said.
The ticket request process ends Feb. 18, two months before tickets go on sale for the Oct. 28 game between the Miami Dolphins and the New York Giants at Wembley Stadium.
Wembley is expecting to seat between 85,000-90,000 for the game.
"Nearly all these requests have come from UK based fans," said Alistair Kirkwood, the managing director of NFL UK. "These figures do not take into account the allocation of tickets for Dolphins and Giants fans from the United States, so we anticipate a very quick sellout when tickets go on sale in early March."
On Sunday, more than 4,000 fans gathered in London to watch the Super Bowl at Super Bash, which is in its fourth year. |
Better be quick if you want to get to the game and not waste time when the tickets are up for grabs. If only the NFL would return to Australia...
Last time in Australia was the Chargers and Broncos the season after the broncos won the Superbowl and they played at the Olympic Stadium in Homebush, Sydney to around 70,000 fans.
Was there in person and would love to see another game (even though a preseason game is a poor cousin to the real regular season stuff).
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