NFL Team Owner Says Super Bowl Could Come To UK In Future

(NewsCore) - San Francisco 49ers owner Dr. John York believes an NFL team and a Super Bowl could come to the U.K. in the future, Sky Sports reported Saturday.

The Niners are making early preparations for a trip to London to face the Denver Broncos October 31 at London’s Wembley Stadium, but the now annual International Series game could be about to expand.

With tickets selling out quickly and a full house at Wembley for the games, a second regular-season outing in the U.K. is already ion the cards and NFL games being staged outside the U.S. could become commonplace.

York is a keen advocate for taking the game outside America to open up new revenue streams and increase its popularity, and said he was delighted to be bringing his team to London.

"I've been here 10 or 12 times before and I love this city," York told Sky Sports.

"I've been to Wembley before, I know a little bit of the history.

"This is an opportunity to bring our best product to the U.K. at Wembley and through that experience, to develop fans, get broadcast exposure, which we're doing with Sky, and then develop sponsorship and consumer products.

"We want to have a real operating entity that's outside of the United States. So there's a lot of good things that will come from this.

A second game in the U.K. seems inevitable, but York also believes that a team could be based in London in the future, while Wembley may also play host to the greatest show on earth, the Super Bowl, in the future.

"I'm sure it'll be a positive experience for us and if we move from 16 regular games to 18 games and those two are league games, then we'll have other games that are played in neutral positions outside the United States.

"There is easily enough of a fan base over here to stage two games a season.

"I think eventually there will be a Super Bowl outside the U.S., I couldn't tell you when that would be. I can see it both ways, I'm not sure what will be first, a Super Bowl over here or an NFL team, but they both seem likely to happen."

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