NFL Will Play Regular Season Game In Mexico

[matcom]

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NEW YORK -- The NFL will play a regular-season game outside of the United States for the first time in the league's 86-year history in October when the Arizona Cardinals meet the San Francisco 49ers in Mexico City.

The Cardinals will be the host of the nationally-televised Sunday night contest on October 2, as ESPN will broadcast the game starting at 8:30 p.m. (et).

"Mexico is the country with the most NFL fans outside of the United States," said NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue in a statement. "Our fans in Mexico are knowledgeable and passionate and they are ready for this next step. They have supported our American Bowl games in record numbers and NFL programming has been part of television in Mexico for many decades.

"The Cardinals and 49ers play in markets with large Hispanic communities, including many people of Mexican descent. This game will generate new excitement both in Mexico and in Hispanic communities throughout the United States, and it promises to become a milestone in the NFL's history as a global sport."

The Cardinals will shift one of their eight home games from Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe to Azteca Stadium. An American Bowl pre-season game at Azteca Stadium set an NFL record with 112,376 fans when the Dallas Cowboys played the Houston Oilers on August 15, 1994.

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[Spider Jerusalem]

1. Mexico City?

Hope they're planning on taking oxygen.