NFL Announces Bears, Vikings, More as International Home Teams for 2024 Schedule

The NFL has announced the four clubs that will serve as home teams for international games during the 2024 season.

Those teams will consist of the Chicago Bears, Jacksonville Jaguars and Minnesota Vikings "hosting" games at Wembley Stadium and Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, along with the Carolina Panthers as the designated home team at Allianz Arena in Germany.

There will also be a game played in Brazil, but the home team for that contest has not yet been determined.

The Jaguars essentially have an entire operation set up in London. They have adopted the city as their second home, including playing back-to-back games there this season for the first time. They were the road team for the second of those games against the Buffalo Bills at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Jacksonville has played at least one game in London every year since 2013, with the exception of the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This season saw the NFL play a record six international games as part of its efforts to expand its popularity around the world. London served as host for four of those games, with the other two being played in Frankfurt, Germany.

The league announced last month that São Paulo would host its first-ever NFL game during the 2024 season. Madrid was the other South American city being considered as a host, but NFL executive vice president of club business Peter O'Reilly said it could get a game as soon as 2025.

Next season will mark the first time the Panthers, Bears and Vikings are designated as home teams for international games. The Vikings most recently played in London during the 2022 season against the New Orleans Saints.

The Panthers and Bears both played at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as road teams in 2019.

Dates and matchups for all of the international games will likely be released when the 2024 schedule is unveiled later this year.