{"id":184084,"date":"2026-02-19T05:17:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T05:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/184084\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T05:17:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T05:17:28","slug":"san-francisco-49ers-to-play-in-2026-nfl-mexico-game-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/184084\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco 49ers to play in 2026 NFL Mexico Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 49ers are one of 10 teams that hold marketing rights in Mexico as part of the league&#8217;s <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/international\/global-markets-program\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Global Markets Program<\/a>, an initiative that awards NFL clubs international marketing rights to build brand awareness and fandom beyond the U.S., through fan engagement, events and commercial opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>The return of regular season NFL games in Mexico builds on the league&#8217;s history of playing five previous games at Estadio Banorte in 2005, 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2022. With 40 million fans of the NFL &#8212; the largest fanbase outside of the U.S. &#8212; and with an office in Mexico City since 1998, the league is focused on increasing year-round presence through fan engagement activities, NFL Flag development, community impact initiatives and growing the game at every level.<\/p>\n<p>Flag football, the non-contact format of the game, will make its debut as an Olympic sport in Los Angeles 2028 (LA28). NFL Flag, the league&#8217;s official youth flag football program, launched in Mexico in 2000 and this year is projected to reach 3.3 million girls and boys nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>Fans can sign up for information on the 2026 NFL Mexico City game <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/international\/games\/MexicoCity2026ROI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sixty-two regular-season NFL games have been played outside the United States with London, Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, Madrid, Dublin, S\u00e3o Paulo, Mexico City and Toronto having hosted games to date.<\/p>\n<p>2026 NFL International Markets: (* designates a new market\/city for 2026)<\/p>\n<p>London, U.K. (Two games in Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, One in Wembley Stadium)<br \/>\nMadrid, Spain (Bernab\u00e9u Stadium)<br \/>\nMelbourne, Australia* (Melbourne Cricket Ground)<br \/>\nMexico City, Mexico (Estadio Banorte)<br \/>\nMunich, Germany (FC Bayern Munich Arena)<br \/>\nParis, France* (Stade de France Stadium)<br \/>\nRio De Janeiro, Brazil* (Maracan\u00e3 Stadium)<\/p>\n<p>Fans can sign up to receive information on all 2026 NFL International Games at the following:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 49ers are one of 10 teams that hold marketing rights in Mexico as part of the league&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[26,100,2503,4894,101,296,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-184084","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-no-minute","11":"tag-press-release","12":"tag-san-francisco","13":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","14":"tag-san-francisco-headlines","15":"tag-san-francisco-news","16":"tag-sf","17":"tag-sf-headlines","18":"tag-sf-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}