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10/17 09:00 CDT Jaguars eye a full 2028 home slate in Jacksonville in shift
that could end Wembley run
Jaguars eye a full 2028 home slate in Jacksonville in shift that could end
Wembley run
LONDON (AP) --- Jacksonville's run of playing an annual home game at Wembley
Stadium could be nearing its end.
Jaguars president Mark Lamping said Saturday the team hopes to keep all of its
2028 home games in Jacksonville to coincide with the re-opening of its stadium
following a $1.4 billion renovation.
The Jags were early adopters of the NFL's international push and began staging
an annual game at Wembley in 2013, but the economic incentive to do so has been
decreasing.
Jacksonville will play its 16th London game on Sunday when the team faces the
Houston Texans at Wembley.
Lamping told Jacksonville reporters in London that the plan for the 2028 season
is a full slate at its "stadium of the future."
"If there's a natural year where you probably want to play every home game in
Jacksonville, it would be the year you open a new stadium," Lamping said.
Construction has already begun with EverBank Stadium at reduced capacity this
season.
The Jags will move most of their home games to Orlando next season.
The team has the option of playing three home games in London next season, but
Lamping said the likelihood of that is "remote." He said that option was
designed more for if the team had chosen to play in Gainesville next year.
Jacksonville's games at Wembley are separate from the NFL-mandated
international games. In that category, the Jaguars are set to play one game
abroad next season. Lamping said he hopes that one will be in London but said
there's no guarantee.
"The league tells us where that game is going to be played," he said.
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