The NFL and its owners approved a resolution that expands the league's International Series through 2025, at a meeting on Wednesday.
The NFL’s agreement to have games in the United Kingdom had been through 2016. The agreement allows the league to play games in other countries besides the U.K.
Mexico, Germany, and Canada are among the countries interested in hosting games, with Mexico being a front runner for games next year, according to the Associated Press. The NFL is also looking to move the Pro Bowl from Hawaii to international sites. Brazil, Australia, and Asia are potential sites for that game.
"This marks an important step in our long-term international growth," NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said. "Fans in the UK have responded incredibly well to the regular-season games we have played in London since 2007. They have demanded more NFL games, and we have worked to accommodate them. We think it's time to expand our International Series to other countries and respond to the growing interest in our game not only in the UK, but elsewhere around the world."
Earlier this year, the NFL and the English Premier League’s Tottenham Hotspurs announced a ten-year partnership that has the league playing at least two games a year at a new stadium in North London.
The International Series has been very successful for the NFL since it started in 2007. Sunday viewership of NFL games has more than doubled and the Super Bowl audience has gone up by more than 75 percent since 2007, according to NFL.com. The NFL now has a fan base of more than 13 million in the U.K.
The NFL will announce the international games for 2016 later this fall.