DUBLIN (AP) — Aiden Scott will catch up on sleep another time. The opportunity to watch his Steelers play in Ireland is pretty rare.
The college student and his father, Aaron, arrived in Dublin on Saturday ahead of Pittsburgh’s game against the Minnesota Vikings at Croke Park.
They were decked out in black-and-gold-striped overalls as they made their way through the crowd to get inside for Ireland’s first regular-season NFL game.
“It’s awesome, the energy is great,” Aiden Scott said. “The Steelers fans here seem to outnumber the Vikings fans a whole lot, so that’s awesome.”
The South Dakota natives left from Omaha, Nebraska, through Texas and arrived in the Irish capital after about 20 hours of travel.
Inside Croke Park, the stadium’s pregame music selection was a steady diet of Irish