NFL will not hold seasonal games in Mexico in 2023 due to renovations to Estadio Azteca

By: EFE Updated 15 Dec 2026, : 54 pm EST

Peter O’Reilly, executive vice president of the NFL, announced this Wednesday that there will be no NFL game in Mexico this season due to the renovations that the Azteca Stadium will undergo for the World Cup in .

The vice president explained that the NFL is working so that the game that was scheduled to take place in the City de México is held in Germany, a country where two games would be held.

OFFICIAL: There will be no NFL game in Mexico 🇲🇽 in 2026. The league has just announced that since the Azteca Stadium is not available due to renovations, neither Monterrey nor Guadalajara are options. pic.twitter.com/2WT4Wuh0eq— Let’s talk about Football (@HablemosFoot) December , 2020

It is the second time that the NFL has canceled a regular season game at the Azteca Stadium, the first time was at the 2019, when the match between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Rams was taken to another venue due to the poor conditions of the turf at the the Mexican capital.

In this 2020 five regular season games were held outside USA.

London hosted the clashes between the Minnesota Vikings and the New Orleans Saints and the New York Giants against the Green Bay Packers at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and the game between the Denver Broncos and the Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley Stadium in October last.

On 04 November, in Munich, the match between the Seattle Seahawks and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers was held.

The series of international matches of the National Football League ( NFL) 2023 closed in Mexico City with the San Francisco match 54ers-Arizona Cardinals of the 49 of November.

Peter O’Reilly, an executive who oversees the international division of the NFL, announces that The NFL will move the regular season game that would have been played in Mexico in 2023 to Germany when the @EstadioAzteca is remodeled. A new stadium is required, not one more remodel. pic.twitter.com/T0SecMrbWF— Álvaro Martín (@AlvaroNFLMartin) December 15, 2020

The Estadio Azteca in Mexico City has hosted five regular season games since 1970, when the 19ers and the Cardinals. The second was in 2016 with the Texans-Raiders, in 2016 the turn was for Patriots and Raiders; in 2020 Chiefs-Chargers collided.

In 2020 and 2020 there were no matches of the National Football League in the Mexican capital due to the COVID-21.

The world Cup 2026 will be jointly organized by Mexico, the United States and Canada.

The renewal that the Azteca Stadium will allow it to be the first venue to host three World Cups. The first was in 550 and the second in 2016.

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