My Photos of the World Series

[Joey D]

It was discussed, but they wanted to see how the London game on Sunday went first. As I recall, they sold out of all 90,000 tickets quite quickly in the UK. Although there is a very small following of the NFL there, my guess is that a spectacle like the Super Bowl wouldn't be hard to fill-up... Problem is, they really don't have stadiums like we do to fill-up.

Wembley Stadium has 90,000 seats in it, Ford Field only has 65,000 seats. They have the stadiums and I think they would have the people to see the games, I just don't think you would see many Americans wanting to pay a huge amount of money for tickets, then huge amounts of money on airfare, then even more money on a hotel in London...all while be screwed by the exchange rate. But what do I know, people pay ridiculous amounts of money for crazier things.

Going to either the Superbowl or World Series sounds like an amazing opportunity. I have never been able to go to one of these because they have never come all that close to me. Maybe now that I am closer to more out here in Michigan......

I went down to Detroit to party during the Superbowl back in 06, it was very cool and I loved being in that atmosphere. I can only imagine what it must have been like to be at the game. I also went down to party when the Tigers were in the World Series since you could watch the game for free by standing near the stadium, granted there were thousands like me doing the same but it was pretty fun. I recommend coming to this side of the state if that ever happens again.

 

[Philly]

Wembley Stadium has 90,000 seats in it, Ford Field only has 65,000 seats. They have the stadiums and I think they would have the people to see the games, I just don't think you would see many Americans wanting to pay a huge amount of money for tickets, then huge amounts of money on airfare, then even more money on a hotel in London...all while be screwed by the exchange rate. But what do I know, people pay ridiculous amounts of money for crazier things.

I would love to go on a trip to London for vacation and then end up going to the Superbowl there. It would just make it that much better. But the experience would probably be far different. I'm sure there would be a lot of UKers there who aren't totally nuts about the sport like we have in the States. But I tend to like that atmosphere more, so I can't really decide.

I went down to Detroit to party during the Superbowl back in 06, it was very cool and I loved being in that atmosphere. I can only imagine what it must have been like to be at the game. I also went down to party when the Tigers were in the World Series since you could watch the game for free by standing near the stadium, granted there were thousands like me doing the same but it was pretty fun. I recommend coming to this side of the state if that ever happens again.

That would be great, but there will probably be better opportunities to go and see something in Chicago. Both would be pretty much the same experience, as I probably wouldn't care much about any team playing but that might change. Plus, Chicago is closer as far as I know, and I can hit up a train pretty easily.

 

[Omnis]

Although there is a very small following of the NFL there, my guess is that a spectacle like the Super Bowl wouldn't be hard to fill-up... Problem is, they really don't have stadiums like we do to fill-up.

Fail. Wembley > 2x most NFL stadiums.

It would be preposterous to hold the Superbowl outside of the country. That defeats the purpose of the NATIONAL Football League.

MLB is different, because like Uno said, a ton of the players are international. It's Major League Baseball, not National Baseball League. The MLB is the top-tier of world baseball.

 

[YSSMAN]

Fail. Wembley > 2x most NFL stadiums.

Ooops, helps to do research I suppose. I keep thinking about the Superdome whenever I think of the Superbowl...

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I've only been to one major championship game and it was for the Minor League team under the Detroit Tigers (West Michigan Whitecaps). That was a long time ago (although, I believe we won again this year... I'm not a big baseball fan despite my love for the Red Sox), but I suppose it counts.

Hey, maybe if the Lions stay on the miraculous track of doing well I can get tickets to a playoff game?

 

[icelt]

It would be preposterous to hold the Superbowl outside of the country. That defeats the purpose of the NATIONAL Football League.

Except for all the NFL hubris the owners believe that with just enough good old fashioned american 800lb gorilla marketing and TV exposure football americano can compete on a global scale with football the worldwide version. They see a near tapped out NA market and dearly want to expand globally for all the potential pound sterling, lira, ruble, euro and yen out there for the taking. This is how they think and that is why London (Mexico City or other) is such a viable player for holding a SB in the next decade. Greed knows no boundaries right?

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Edit: Just fell across this article on http://sportsbiznews.blogspot.com/:
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The Globalization of North American major sports leagues – it can’t be stopped
More than 500,000 people registered to buy tickets for the game. More than 87 percent of the 88,000 tickets sold for the game were purchased by people in Britain. A near-capacity crowd of 81,176 ignored the rival attractions of four Premier League football matches on Sunday, including Liverpool's big clash against Arsenal, proving that yes even in London when an NFL game is played there are no-shows (people who bought tickets to the game but decided to ‘not’ show up).

"We're No. 1 in the U.S. but our future success depends in a large part on our ability to globalize," Goodell told reporters in the U.K. capital Friday. "This Sunday is clearly just the beginning."