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MIAMI - Miami Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga said he was willing to give up a home game and help promote the professional American football overseas by playing the New York Giants in London this year.
The game will be Oct. 28 at the new, 90,000-seat Wembley Stadium. It will be the National Football League’s first regular-season game outside North America and only the second outside the United States.
“We’re proud to be part of this historic event,” Huizenga said Friday. “It’s important for the NFL to move forward on a global basis. If we can make the NFL stronger around the world, we will help.”
The Dolphins will give up one of their eight home games. New coach Cam Cameron said the team would be happy to make the trip, but All-Pro defensive end Jason Taylor conceded some teammates disliked the idea.
“Some guys have had some issues with it, but nothing big,” Taylor said. “It’s different from driving 20 minutes to the stadium, but it’ll be fine. We have no choice now. We’re on board and we’re excited about it.”
An agreement to play the game at Wembley was completed Thursday night, the league said. Twickenham, home of English rugby, was also considered.
The game will kick off at 6 p.m. London time — 1 p.m. on the East Coast of the United States. Both teams have byes the following week.
The only other regular-season game outside the United States was played in 2005, when Arizona beat San Francisco in Mexico City. The NFL has played preseason games overseas for decades and hopes to play regular-season games again in Mexico, as well as in Canada, other cities in Europe, and in Japan, China and Australia.
The league expects the Wembley game to sell out quickly. London Mayor Ken Livingstone said 10,000 Americans are expected to travel to the game.
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Huizenga said the Dolphins will invite fans to their stadium to watch the game, and will help arrange for fans to make the trip.
“We’re not trying to do that to make money,” Huizenga said. “We’re just trying to get them over there at cost. It’s a home game for us. We want to treat it as a home game. We want as many of our fans over there as we can.”
Giants co-owner Jonathan Tisch described the game as groundbreaking.
“That’s what the NFL is all about — always pushing for new opportunities, breaking the barriers and understanding what our product means now on a global basis,” Tisch said.
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