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NFL Plays First Regular-Season Game in Spain at Real Madrid’s Bernabéu Today

Extensive temporary upgrades at the recently modernized venue enabled an NFL-length field, with league-standard operations.

Overview

  • Kickoff is 9:30 a.m. ET (3:30 p.m. local) on NFL Network, with streaming on Fubo and NFL+.
  • The Bernabéu was reconfigured to a 120-yard field by removing end rows, expanding locker rooms and access points, adding a separate press room and installing noise-absorption panels, with about $2.32 million in temporary NFL spending.
  • Attendance is expected near 83,000–84,000 after heavy demand, as Madrid’s regional government spent about $3.5 million on promotion and projected roughly $81.2 million in local revenue.
  • Miami and Washington both enter 3-7; Washington starts Marcus Mariota with Jayden Daniels out, and defensive tackle Daron Payne is suspended.
  • The game concludes this season’s expanded international slate and is framed as a step into Spanish-speaking markets, which NFL executive Jon Barker calls generational work.