London NFL Games: The Revenue Hit Some Owners Are Happy to Take

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The Washington Commanders are hosting the Indianapolis Colts at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, replacing a home game that would otherwise have been played in Maryland. The move changes the teams’ ticket-revenue economics, though some NFL owners are willing to accept the trade-off as part of staging games in London.

LONDON—The Washington Commanders are technically “hosting” the Indianapolis Colts in London on Sunday, meaning the showdown at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is replacing a game that the NFL team would otherwise have held at Northwest Stadium in Maryland. That creates a totally different set of economics. While NFL teams keep the bulk of the ticket revenue …