DUBLIN -- The Pittsburgh Steelers are hoping to have more than just one game in Dublin, Ireland, in the coming years. With the first one coming on Sunday at Croke Park, Steelers team president Art Rooney II expressed hope there would be more games than just this one.
“I think there will be more (NFL) games in Dublin, for sure,” he said. “The ticket demand has been unbelievable. I think we convinced the league this is a good idea, based on that. So, yeah, I think there will be more games in Dublin. Hopefully, we’ll be one of them.”
The Steelers played a preseason game in Dublin in 1997, but the league has not returned to the city since. This offseason, they got their wish, with the Steelers being the team picked to host the first ever game in the country.
It was a longtime coming fo