It seems like London is ready for some football. The NFL has played three great games in London and it performed well.
Mark Waller, the NFL executive vice president for international said 'I don't think they make it a done deal. ... I do think we've made a lot of progress on several fronts."
In Sunday's 2014 London finale, the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley Stadium with an audience of paid sellout crowd of 83,603 (average ticket $122 U.S. dollars). Based on record, Nine of 11 London games since 2007 have sold more than 83,000 tickets, including the past six.
There are still three more NFL games are set for London in 2015.
Waller added "We've sold a quarter of a million tickets for those three games (this year). ... If you kind of took that and translated it into U.S. domestic terms, that's probably half a season (of home attendance) for most clubs."
One third of the customers had purchased the hree-game package.
He said "You've got a core there of attendees that you could sort of almost qualify as season ticket holders. I think we've seen progress on that sort of fan-demand side, which is a huge part of being able to make the next phase of the commitment."
England native and Oakland Raiders offensive tackle Menelik Watson said he is slowly seeing an increase in interest for football in England.
He said "People in England are still kind of raw to the rules and regulations. Once they get that down, it's going to really, really take off."
While another English player and Cowboys defensive end Jack Crawford lamented "When I learned the rules of American football, it became the most entertaining sport to watch. ... If you don't know the rules, then it's just stop, stop, stop. And it's boring."
Now the big question is, will London be able to maintain their own home team?
Marc Ganis, president of Chicago-based Sportscorp said "They don't have an answer to that yet. But that's one of the primarily goals of increasing the number of games. They want to see if there's a fan base for it, if it would work logistically, if it can be a bridge to broader broadcasting deals throughout Europe."