Overview
- The Santiago Bernabéu has been reconfigured for American football with yard lines painted, yellow goalposts installed, locker rooms expanded and seating removed at both ends to fit the NFL field.
- Sunday’s Miami Dolphins–Washington Commanders matchup is the first regular-season NFL game in Spain and the seventh international game this season, closing the league’s European slate.
- Event programming in Madrid includes NFL Academy games, dedicated fan zones, team pubs and a Bernabéu shop rollout, with a halftime show billed to feature Bizarrap and Daddy Yankee.
- Executives framed the Madrid week as a “mini Super Bowl,” with NFL managing director Gerrit Meier saying “this is only the beginning,” as Rafael de los Santos takes charge as the new head of NFL Spain.
- Operations around the game include the Dolphins training at the Metropolitano, a stadium exhibit with helmets, the Vince Lombardi Trophy and 60 Super Bowl rings, with the game carried by DAZN.