London to host 1st NFL game in Europe...

[SanAntonioBuck]

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London to host 1st NFL game in Europe

LONDON (AP) -- London will hold the NFL's first regular-season game outside North America, beating out several German cities for the 2007 contest.
The opponents have yet to be announced, and the most likely venue is the new Wembley Stadium, which is to open this spring after years of delays.

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[ScriptOhio]

Re: LONDON (AP) -- London will hold the NFL's first regular-season game outside North America, beating out several German cities for the 2007 contest..........London hosted several NFL American Bowl preseason games in the 1990s. The city also had the London Monarchs in the World Football League - now NFL Europe - but the team folded.

Since Germany is supporting NFL Europe (i.e. 5 of the 6 NFL Europe teams are in Germany) I would have rewarded them and given the game to a German city.