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Germany proving uberpopular with NFL teams ahead of Berlin game

AP photo by Ebrahim Noroozi / People take pictures of a giant NFL mural by artist Fix77 on Wednesday in Berlin ahead of Sunday's game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Indianapolis Colts at the Olympiastadion.
AP photo by Ebrahim Noroozi / People take pictures of a giant NFL mural by artist Fix77 on Wednesday in Berlin ahead of Sunday's game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Indianapolis Colts at the Olympiastadion. AP photo by Ebrahim Noroozi / People take pictures of a giant NFL mural by artist Fix77 on Wednesday in Berlin ahead of Sunday's game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Indianapolis Colts at the Olympiastadion.

By KEN MAGUIRE / The Associated Press 4 min read

It seems like the NFL can’t get enough of Germany.

Berlin will become the country’s third city to host an NFL regular-season game when the Atlanta Falcons and the Indianapolis Colts square off Sunday at the Olympiastadion.

And they won’t be alone in the German capital. Nine other NFL teams with commercial rights in the country through the league’s global markets program will also be in town to host events around the city in attempts to win over local fans.

Germany is the most sought-after country in the program: 11 of the league’s 32 teams have rights there. Mexico is next with 10 teams, while Britain has nine.

“We don’t think it’s crowded. Germany is a big country, 80-plus million people living here,” Alexander Steinforth, the general manager of NFL Germany, told The Associated Press in an interview.