The
Philadelphia
Eagles
will be home to the first regular-season NFL game
in
Brazil
on
Friday
, September 6, one day after the opening game of the 2024 season, commissioner
Roger Goodell
said Monday .
Goodell talked about betting, referees, diversity
and much more during almost an hour of press conference before players and coaches of the defending champions, the
Kansas City
Chiefs
,
and the
San Francisco 49ers
, met with the media, on the opening night of the
Super Bowl
.
Goodell struck the note when he said the
Eagles
will play in
Sao Paulo, Brazil
, against a team to be named.
It will be
the first time in 54 years
that the NFL will play a game on the Friday night of its opening weekend.
The Los Angeles Rams hosted the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday, September 18, 1970.
The match will be played at the
Arena Corinthians
, home of Corinthians.
The stadium hosted matches in the
2014 World Cup
and the
2016 Olympic Games
.
The Eagles' opponent, as well as the start time of the match, will be announced when the 2024 schedule is released in a couple of months.
The Corinthians Arena will dress up as an NFL for one night.
Photo: REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli.
In total, there will be five international matches that will be held in the regular season in 2024.
Tottenham Hotspur's stadium in
London
will host games from the Chicago Bears and the Minnesota Vikings.
The Jacksonville Jaguars will return to Wembley Stadium as part of a multi-year commitment to Great Britain.
The Carolina Panthers will play in
Munich
, Germany, at the Allianz Arena, home of Bayern Munich.
Source: AP