UK based NFL franchise

[Dolphin-UK]

http://www.espnfc.com/tottenham-hotspur/story/2515941/tottenham-hotspur-to-stage-nfl-games-at-new-stadium

And here's the news, games to be staged at the new stadium for the next 10 years, 2 peer season but looks like no permanent franchise (yet!)

[masterfins]

"retractable grass field" - what the heck is that??

[fyo]

It's a grass field which slides out one end of the stadium, in this case revealing an artificial turf field beneath.

[Dolphin-UK]

It's a grass field which slides out one end of the stadium, in this case revealing an artificial turf field beneath.

I think University of Phoenix stadium has something similar? Look it up on YouTube there's a cool time lapse video.

It give the club the ability to play it's premier league season on grass but moving it for NFL matches and other events to use the artificial grass. Remember the debacle when the grass was ripped up at Wembley when the NFL first went there? This will solve that problem.

[fyo]

^^ It should also help for events like concerts where they would traditionally just cover the grass (often ribbed aluminum sheeting).

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

Here is one way to do it.  Sorta. 

Just like the Bills have two stadiums.   Bucs play half their games in Florida half in London.  Any west coast teams would play in Tampa only East Coast teams would play in London. 

East Coast to London is not significantly different than east coast to Sea. 

[MikeO]

Here is one way to do it.  Sorta. 

Just like the Bills have two stadiums.   Bucs play half their games in Florida half in London.  Any west coast teams would play in Tampa only East Coast teams would play in London. 

East Coast to London is not significantly different than east coast to Sea. 

The Bills don't have two stadiums. They played 1 game a year in Toronto for a few years and have now stopped it. Hardly having "2 stadiums" when you give up just 1 home game a year.

Jacksonville is working on getting a deal like  you mentioned above though. Half their home games or 1 more than half need to be played in Jacksonville to fulfill their lease agreement. But the rest of their "home games" will be played in London. Shahid Kahn has been pushing for that for a couple years now, hasn't been able to make it work .....yet.