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NFL Confirms 2026 Regular-Season Game at Rio’s Maracanã Under New Multi-Year Brazil Plan

The move extends the league’s South America push with a five-year program that commits at least three games in Rio.

FOTODELDÍA AME6644. SAO PAULO (BRASIL), 05/09/2025.- Patrick Mahomes (d) de los Chiefs lanza el balón frente a Tuli Tuipulotu de los Chargers este viernes, en un partido de la NFL entre Los Ángeles Chargers y Kansas City Chiefs en el estadio Neo Química Arena en São Paulo (Brasil). EFE/ Isaac Fontana
Maracaná, el mayor estadio de Brasil, con una capacidad de cerca de 74,000 espectadores, es una de las canchas de fútbol más icónicas del mundo y hogar de los equipos Flamengo y Fluminense. (Foto: Arne-mueseler.com)
El mítico Maracaná albergará un partido de temporada regular de la NFL en 2026.
La NFL busca consolidar su presencia en Brasil. (Foto: Reuters)

Overview

  • Commissioner Roger Goodell announced the NFL will stage a regular-season game at the Maracanã in 2026, the venue’s first official NFL contest.
  • The agreement calls for a minimum of three regular-season games in Rio over the next five years, starting in 2026.
  • Participating teams, the exact date and the kickoff time will be disclosed in the coming months, with local ticket registration pages already live.
  • The decision follows back-to-back São Paulo games in 2024 and 2025, including a 47,627 crowd for Chargers–Chiefs this September.
  • Brazil is estimated to have about 36 million NFL fans, and Rio’s mayor and state governor welcomed the event for its tourism and economic potential while the league continues broader international games in 2025 and Melbourne in 2026.