Giants To Play Dolphins in London
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MIAMI — The Miami Dolphins will host the Giants in a regular-season game in London later this year.
A person familiar with the NFL’s decision told the Associated Press yesterday that the Dolphins will move a home game overseas. The source spoke on condition of anonymity because the announcement will not be made until after commissioner Roger Goodell’s Super Bowl news conference Friday.
The Dolphins and Giants will play in September or October, and the game will be scheduled around a bye week for both teams. The schedule won’t be released until early spring.
The game will be held at either the new 90,000-seat Wembley Stadium, scheduled to open in the spring, or 82,000-seat Twickenham, home of English rugby.
The Dolphins were one of six teams willing to move a home game next season, and were chosen over San Francisco, Seattle, Buffalo, Kansas City, and New Orleans.
It will be the second regular-season match played abroad. In October 2005, the Arizona Cardinals swapped a home game with San Francisco to Azteca Stadium in Mexico City. The Cardinals’ victory drew a crowd of 103,467.
Goodell is a strong advocate of taking games abroad. The league has played preseason games overseas for decades.
