Jacksonville jaguars moving to london. The jacksonville jaguars want to be londons team at least on a part time basis. The jaguars will play a second home game in london in 2020 to help boost revenue and navigate the challenges of playing in a small market owner shad khan and team president. Jaguars owner shad khan whose team would seem the most likely to move if any team were ever to call london home offered his denial too.
The jaguars are moving a second home game in 2020 overseas to londons wembley stadium in an attempt to increase their local revenue and escape the bottom quartile of the. Playing an annual home game across the atlantic is imperative to the long term viability of. The jaguars have played a game per season in the british capital over the last seven years and they have been considered as the nfls preferred choice should the league agree to relocate a.
Nfl teams have been playing annually in london since 2007 but no team has gone over as many times as the jaguars who have played across the pond every season since 2013. We dont want to have more games than theres really organic demand for. As the designated home team for the international series the jacksonville jaguars are often mentioned as the most likely existing nfl team to relocate to london leaving their current home of tiaa bank field in florida.
Khan the nfl and the jacksonville mayor can spin it any way they like but. The jaguars made headlines this week after agreeing to play back to back games in london for the upcoming 2020 seasonas the home team. Shahid khans proposed purchase of wembley stadium will ensure an increased nfl presence in london but the prospect of him moving his jacksonville jaguars franchise to the capital is not a.