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NFL supporters in the United States have learnt of the United Kingdom’s efforts to secure a Super Bowl on British soil in the forthcoming years – a matter that was lately raised with the Chicago Council. Peter Mandelson, Britain’s ambassador to the United States, has revealed that he has ‘made a big pitch’ to deliver a Super Bowl match to the UK. The venue for such a contest would nearly actually be London, which already hosts three NFL fixtures each season.

Mandelson, a London native and resident, has held quite a few conferences with Donald Trump, while professing to be an fanatic of the game – keen to witness the season’s premier contest on British shores amid its increasing reputation in the nation.

Speaking to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Mandelson declared: “I’ve made a big pitch for the first Super Bowl outside the US to take place in Britain. I want that Super Bowl in Britain. I don’t care when it takes place, but I want it announced while I’m ambassador,” he continued. “We love it, we love it.”

A cherished event for households and mates, the Super Bowl serves as America’s unofficial national celebration, while remaining a comparatively specialist sport in Britain.

Having recognised this has emerged as a dialogue level, quite a few people have voiced opposition to the notion of a Super Bowl happening in England or any location past American borders. Speaking on his ‘Pardon My Take’ podcast, Barstool Sports’ persona Dan ‘Big Cat’ Katz fiercely opposed the prospect of a Super Bowl ever happening in London.

He declared: “You can’t give up our Super Bowl, it’s our crowing achievement as a society. It’s the Super Bowl, it’s ours!”

Before this outburst, he had berated one of his co-hosts who had mentioned the chance of the Super Bowl being staged outdoors of the United States.

In an exclusive interview with The Mirror in 2023, NFL UK normal supervisor Henry Hodgson acknowledged it might be terribly difficult to envisage a Super Bowl occurring outdoors of the United States – despite their aspirations of finally making it occur.

Hodgson explained: “I certainly would not rule out the likelihood of a Super Bowl happening here and it’s good for us to aspire to one day. But from my perspective, the Super Bowl is so intertwined with the United States and is such an American moment that I think it could be quite a difficult one, for another market to pull it away from them.

“There are actually logistical challenges around timings as properly, but primarily the Super Bowl, you already know it is that second where all of America has their TV switched to the same factor, with the national anthem being sung and so forth. It’s onerous for me to consider that we are able to take it to the UK. But we are able to dream and we must always have objectives that are onerous to obtain and it ought to be one.”

The location for the 2029 Super Bowl is yet to be determined, with Las Vegas and Nashville presently main the race. Dallas is also in the working.

Surprisingly, the Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium has only hosted the celebrated event once before, back in 2011.