NFL game in London

I have never attended an NFL match, but I know the area around Wembley well and have attended many events there so can advise if you have some specific questions.

No, but I tried to get tickets to the Chiefs playing in Germany a couple of years ago. The tickets were limited for people in the US, and you had to sign up to a website to put your name in for the chance to call in and buy tickets. Then, the day that availability to the public is made, you have to rush to call in and hope you make it. In our case, the window opened at 5 AM and the whole allotment was sold out in 15 minutes.

So my lesson was that you'd have to pay through the nose to a scalper or buy a travel package from one of the for-profit companies that somehow get tickets. Good luck.

I have no interest in NFL, but was curious, so googled.
If you have deep pockets
https://www.eventmasters.co.uk/nfl-london-hospitality.html

but I know the area around Wembley well and have attended many events there so can advise if you have some specific questions.

Games may be played at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Actually perhaps Spurs should consider switching codes, they couldn’t be worse at American Football than they are at Association Football.

Attended Niners vs Jaguars when Kapernick was the QB. So 2013?

Was staying at an AirBnB. Recall I took the Tube, a bus, then walked to Wembley. So about an hour just to get there.

Research if there’s a Premier Inn nearby.

Also remember that my Niners trounced the Jaguars.

EDIT: Ticket was a gift.
EDIT: Was impressed by all the different NFL team jerseys attendees were wearing at the Stadium
EDIT: Throughly loved seeing Joe Montana and the late, great Dwight Clark being intro’d to the crowd for the coin toss

Research if there’s a Premier Inn nearby.

Firstly research where the game will actually be played, which is probably Tottenham not Wembley. But there will be a Premier Inn not too far away.

"No, but I tried to get tickets to the Chiefs playing in Germany a couple of years ago. The tickets were limited for people in the US, and you had to sign up to a website to put your name in for the chance to call in and buy tickets. Then, the day that availability to the public is made, you have to rush to call in and hope you make it. In our case, the window opened at 5 AM and the whole allotment was sold out in 15 minutes.

So my lesson was that you'd have to pay through the nose to a scalper or buy a travel package from one of the for-profit companies that somehow get tickets. Good luck."

This is what I fear. My plan would be to stay 7 or 8 nights in London in an apartment, but I would only go if I had tickets to the game (ideally, QPR would have a match too). I'd just hate to pay a third-party just for the chance at tickets when it should really all be easy to do yourself.

This may sound crazy, but hear me out. Almost all NFL London games are played on a Sunday in October. A betting man would say either October 3, 10, or 17 in 2027. Would it be so awful if I booked three different fully refundable apartments now (one for each week), and then cancel once the schedule comes out and I get tickets?

You could but there’s really no need to book that far ahead. London has massive events on every single weekend of the year and can absorb a lot of visitors.

I was in London for the Red Sox-Yankees in 2019...

Signed up in advance for tix; was up at like 4 am to purchase, had both my laptop and cell running just in case.

They played at London Stadium in Olympic Park. I will say that the crowd control for the departure by the police was EXCELLENT.

I was humored that my October 1 flight from IAD to LHR was packed full of Washington fans.

Jegs, we were in Tokyo in '91 when the Fins played the Raiders--saw them practice.
I am a monster Mahomes fan (if not his wife's politics) and would pay to see Chiefs play overseas.

Lucky me. My fave team of all is our Toronto Argos, with Jim Kelly's nephew Chad as star QB. Fantastic deep ball thrower.
Will soon travel 'overseas' to my wife's birthplace Montreal for big playoff match.
Hope that your London plans get realized.

I am done. The end

As an aside there has been quite a big difference between the NFL and MLB games played in London over recent years. Both sports are very much minority sports here in the UK but NFL does have a small but enthusiastic audience. So quite a lot of the tickets for games in London have been sold to locals and other Europeans as well of course to the North American diaspora. That’s why at games here you see shirts from all NFL teams - locals come to see a live NFL game even if they support a team not playing in the game.

MLB has an even lower supporter base in the UK. Nearly all the tickets for the MLB games that have been played in recent years have been sold to fans based in North America rather than locals - my eldest son, who has spent some time in the US and has therefore some interest in US sports is one of a minority of locals who has been to games, also helped by the fact that he can just about walk to the London Stadium. There were no MLB games here in 2026 due to unavailability of the stadium on dates that would work for US TV coverage and it doesn’t look good for 2027. In contrast NFL seems to have established a small but viable foothold at both Wembley and the Tottenham Hotspur stadia.