“London is far from Cleveland to play a home game.
LONDON (AP)-Jimmy Hasralam, co-owner of Cleveland Browns, says it’s burden to play a game in London.
The US Football Association runs seven record matches abroad this season, including Bruns v. Minnesota Vikings Sunday in the English capital, in its aggressive pushing international growth.
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“I will be honest, if the commissioner is sitting here, I am telling him, I will prefer to play at home in Cleveland more than traveling throughout London,” Haslam said at a sports conference. “But hey, we are players in the team. We want to do everything in our power to boost the league and so we will do our share.”
The US Football Association Commissioner, Roger Godel, had already sat at the same stage earlier in the day and Repeat the league plans Ultimately held 16 international matches every season – creating a possible scenario in which each game team plays abroad every season.
“This will be a major part of our growth strategy,” Hasralam admitted.
But he also described the team’s schedule of moving equipment and flying overnight to land in London early on Thursday.
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He said: “Let’s transfer this amount of equipment, so many people, that quickly, then restore it on Sunday night because we must start again on Monday – it is a challenge.” “But it is also something you enjoy and something different.”
“For our organization, it is a lot of work”, but it is a “great opportunity” for the team and Brown lovers Traveling for the game at Tottenham Hotspur.
The US Football Association did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Braones plays in Pittsburgh in week 6.
The team played another international game in the normal season-33-16 loss against Vikings in 2017 at Twickenham Stadium.
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New stadium and ticket prices
The team made some updates on Thursday to its proposal A dubbed stadium of $ 2.4 billion.
The Haslam SPORTS Compane Group has announced that ACOM HUNT and Turner Construction Company will be construction managers, and construction managers have been identified early next year. The goal is to start playing in their new 67500 -seat home in 2029.
“The average ticket will be more than $ 200 in addition to food and drinks, so we want (fans) when (they come) to a game to spend a great time and say,” You know, it was so much but it was worth it, and I want to do it again. “
He added that they will be playing to host games for 2031 Women’s World Cup.
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