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01-11-2007, 02:34 PM
Dolphins to play 2007 game in Great Britain
Posted: Jan.11, 2007, 11:10 am EST; Updated: Jan.11, 2007, 11:30 am ESTBy Howard Balzer
Sr. NFL Writer
The Miami Dolphins don't have a head coach, but whoever that is will be coaching a regular season game in Great Britain next season.
Gregory Shamus/Getty Images
The Miami Dolphins will forgo one of their 2007 home games to play in Great Britain.The Sports Xchange has learned that Miami will be the "home" team during the 2007 season for a game likely to be played in London's Wembley Stadium. That famous stadium has undergone a renovation and will seat 90,000 fans for the game. Wembley was the site of nine international preseason games from 1983-1993. The other option is 83,000-seat Twickenham Stadium.
The Dolphins' opponent will be either the New York Giants or Buffalo Bills, but sources told The Sports Xchange the league is leaning toward having the Giants be the other team in the game. The official announcement naming London as the site is expected early next week, while the announcement of the two teams is planned for Super Bowl week in Miami.
Earlier this week, the NFL announced that six teams (Buffalo, Kansas City Chiefs, Miami, New Orleans Saints, San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks) were being considered as the team that gives up a home game during the 2007 season with the site to be either Great Britain or Germany. Over the next 16 seasons, each of the league's 32 teams will participate in a regular season game outside the United States.
The only other such game was on Oct. 2, 2005 when the Arizona Cardinals played San Francisco in Mexico City.
Posted: Jan.11, 2007, 11:10 am EST; Updated: Jan.11, 2007, 11:30 am ESTBy Howard Balzer
Sr. NFL Writer
The Miami Dolphins don't have a head coach, but whoever that is will be coaching a regular season game in Great Britain next season.
Gregory Shamus/Getty Images
The Miami Dolphins will forgo one of their 2007 home games to play in Great Britain.The Sports Xchange has learned that Miami will be the "home" team during the 2007 season for a game likely to be played in London's Wembley Stadium. That famous stadium has undergone a renovation and will seat 90,000 fans for the game. Wembley was the site of nine international preseason games from 1983-1993. The other option is 83,000-seat Twickenham Stadium.
The Dolphins' opponent will be either the New York Giants or Buffalo Bills, but sources told The Sports Xchange the league is leaning toward having the Giants be the other team in the game. The official announcement naming London as the site is expected early next week, while the announcement of the two teams is planned for Super Bowl week in Miami.
Earlier this week, the NFL announced that six teams (Buffalo, Kansas City Chiefs, Miami, New Orleans Saints, San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks) were being considered as the team that gives up a home game during the 2007 season with the site to be either Great Britain or Germany. Over the next 16 seasons, each of the league's 32 teams will participate in a regular season game outside the United States.
The only other such game was on Oct. 2, 2005 when the Arizona Cardinals played San Francisco in Mexico City.