NFL IS DEAD, only 82,500 fans turned up! What a poor crowd for the biggest game of the year , how many unsold tickets? Next year heavy discounts I am told.

Oh, and not even shown of FTA TV channel Dave. I'd sack the lot who run the game, especially that Fat bloke, he is not up to running a global mega sport.

Is this the same NFL the run a licensing/franchising set up ?

Cold climate Super Bowl in an open stadium, I heard the ticket prices had been halved in the weeks running up to the Super Bowl.

The 3 games in wembley this year have all sold out, not bad I've got my 3 tickets, if the NFL do get a franchise in London RL could be in trouble I fear, my personal feeling.

You mean the final was at Odsal?

Fnar Fnar fnar

Only the 2nd time in 20 years that the 1st ranked team from both the AFC and NFC going into the the playoffs have both reached the SuperBowl........

.......joke of a sport
.......rest of the sporting world laughing at them
.......playoffs are a farce
.......not enough of an advantage given to those who finish higher
.......rewarding mediocrity

......blah, blah, blah.

Went to the Vikings/Steelers game last year as I'm a Vikings fan. The whole atmosphere pre-match and during was better than any rugby final (I've been to 3 CC's/SL final with Hull and the WC final last year) I've ever been too. Was unbelievable.
Tickets this year for Dolphins/Raiders.

By far the best nfl game I have seen out of the games that have come over here (and I have been to watch them all), when the New Orleans saints came over they put on a mardi gra show during the half time, just shows what an organisation with bucket loads of money can do.

Something special about it all.

They've only achieved that thanks to their thriving International game including World Cups where the best nations take part

Apparently there were over 18,000 unsold tickets with just days to go so who knows what the actual attendance was, certainly loads of hangers on whom get freebies..
I tried buying tickets in the mid/late 80s as I was/am a 'phins fan (for my sins), never ot a sniff.
Average ticket prices were over $3000 with base prices well over $1000
Fox sold their 30 second ad slots for £3M each...
Estimated revenue for the host city is somewhere around $500-600M.
With it gaining even more popularity over here it'll be interesting to see if the rumour of a London franchise comes about..not sure I think it'll happen tbh.

Within the next 5 years they would like a franchise, this coming from the NFL commissioner as to branch out as no one outside 'Murcia really care about their sports which I don't think they understand.

Understand it could be either the Jacksonville jaguars (their owner owns Fulham FC) or St. Louis rams only as the fact the lease on the stadium expires in a couple of years and they are 50/50 whether to renew, they moved from LA (2nd largest media area in USA to St. Louis (44th or so) as LA would not build them a stadium, whereas I think they could move into wembley without much issue.

Someone posted on another thread that it's the last chance saloon for professional RL with p&r coming back for the forseable, and I do think if the NFL manage to get a franchise over here In the next 5 years it could kill RL off all together.

I wonder if topics about rugby league are often created on NFL forums???

Yeah it's like a weekly thing on here isn't it