London could host a Super Bowl says NFL commissioner

MIAMI (Reuters) - The Super Bowl could be played in London one day, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said.

The Miami Dolphins and the New York Giants will play a regular season NFL match at London's Wembley Stadium for the first time on October 28 but the sport's biggest game has never been held outside the United States.

"We've sold 95,000 tickets for a regular season game over there and there is a lot of interest in having a Super Bowl in London," Goodell said in comments broadcast by Arizona's 12 News television.

An NFL spokesman said Goodell's comments did not indicate that a Super Bowl outside the United States for the first time was imminent.

"He said it would be something we would consider. It's very much in the early stages. We have Super Bowl committed (to U.S venues) through 2011," said the spokesman.

In other comments during his trip to Arizona, Goodell mentioned Toronto as another possible destination for the Super Bowl.

"It wouldn't be surprising if the Torontos of the world and the Londons of the world say, 'We want a piece of that'," Goodell was quoted as saying by the Arizona Cardinals website (www.azcardinals.com).

The Super Bowl began in 1967 as a meeting of the winners of the NFL and the American Football League and after the two leagues merged in 1970 it became the championship match of the NFL.