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Green Bay Packers president Mark Murphy hopes to feel right at home when one of the NFL’s legendary franchises finally crosses the ocean for its first game in London next season.
The New Orleans Saints also plan to play at the Spurs, and the Jacksonville Jaguars will return to Wembley Stadium for the first time since 2019.
Murphy looks forward to the Lambo vibe as traveling packers and European packers get together.
“We have so many fans in Europe and I know we have a huge following in both the UK and Ireland and I’ve heard from a lot of people that they just keep saying they’re ecstatic and beside themselves, can “Don’t wait for the game, it’s going to be like a Packers home game,” Murphy said on Sky Sports NFL’s Inside the Huddle.
Murphy explains that the delay in the Packers’ trip to the UK was due to loyalty to their famous Lambo fans, not a lack of desire to play internationally.
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Such is the strength of the organization on the road that he expects to see a sizable contingent of Packers escorting them out of Wisconsin.
“We have a waiting list of almost 200,000 people so season tickets are hard to get, obviously in the secondary market right now people are willing to pay a lot of money to watch games at Lambo Stadium. traveling is so good.
“There are two reasons why we haven’t played international games yet: we have a small market, by far the smallest in the NFL, which is why home games in Green Bay mean so much to the local economy that we didn’t want to take a home game. game and then when we travel our fans are everywhere you hear a lot about Packers Everywhere it’s something we started a few years ago it’s kind of a social network but it’s really true our fans are everywhere and they travel everywhere.
“In fact, in our away games, we feel like we have the advantage at home. I’ve been here two or three times when the hosts had to keep a silent score because our fans were so loud.
