ESPN Travels to Mexico City for Texans-Raiders on Monday Night Football

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ESPN will televise the National Football League’s first regular-season game in Mexico City in 11 years on Monday Night Football on Nov. 21 – Houston Texans vs. Oakland Raiders from Estadio Azteca. Multiple ESPN studio shows will be live from Mexico City on Nov. 20-21 as part of the company’s extensive English and Spanish-language coverage, both in the United States and on ESPN networks in Spanish-speaking Latin America.

On-site plans include 10 hours of studio coverage and the first regular-season road show for ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown, which debuted in 1985. Chris Berman will host Countdown (11 a.m. ET) from a set location at Chapultepec Park, site of the NFL Fan Fest, in Mexico City with analysts Trent Dilfer, Matt Hasselbeck, Randy Moss and Charles Woodson. On Monday, Berman and Suzy Kolber will co-host the two-hour Monday Night Countdown pregame show (6 p.m.) from Estadio Azteca leading into MNF. Two-time Super Bowl-winning Raiders quarterback Jim Plunkett will be a special guest on-set.

Other ESPN shows originating from Mexico City include Sunday and Monday morning editions of Hannah Storm’s SportsCenter Face to Face, SportsCenter on the Road with Sage Steele, and Monday’s NFL Live with Trey Wingo and analysts Herm Edwards and Darren Woodson.

“The NFL’s return to Mexico on Monday Night Football is a signature event of the season and the perfect opportunity for us to bring Sunday NFL Countdown on the road for the first time,” said Seth Markman, ESPN senior coordinating producer, NFL studio shows. “We expect big, enthusiastic crowds and are looking forward to working with our ESPN Deportes colleagues based in Mexico City.”

ESPN’s Monday Night Football team of Sean McDonough (play-by-play) and Jon Gruden (analyst) will call the Texans-Raiders game (Nov. 21, 8:15 p.m.) with reporters Lisa Salters and ESPN Deportes’ John Sutcliffe, who lives in Mexico City.

ESPN Deportes

On ESPN Deportes, multiple Sunday shows will feature reports from Chapultepec Park, as will Cronometro and Nacion ESPN on Monday. The game will be preceded by a special NFL Esta Noche and a post-game SportsCenter produced from Estadio Azteca with live reports from outside the stadium, the NFL Fan Fest in Chapultepec Park and the studios.

NFL Esta Noche will be led by ESPN’s Eduardo Varela and Pablo Viruega alongside former NFL standout Roberto Garza. The NFL Live team includes former wide receiver Marco Martos, a Mexican who played in preseason games for the Panthers, Broncos, and Cowboys – the last two teams brought him to play at Azteca in 1997 and 1998 respectively. Former NFL players Ramiro Pruñeda, Mauricio Lopez “Tyson” and Gustavo Tella will also serve as analysts alongside hosts Kary Correa and Miroslava Montemayor.

The Spanish-language MNF telecast on ESPN Deportes and in Latin America will feature Alvaro Martin (play-by-play) and Super Bowl-winning kicker Raul Allegre (analyst) with reporters  Ciro Procuna and Sergio Dipp.

The game will also be broadcast on ESPN Deportes Radio with play-by-play voice Kenneth Garay, analyst Sebastian Martinez Christensen and reporter Antonio Valle.

“We are excited to bring fans in the U.S. and throughout Latin America coverage of the return of the NFL to the Estadio Azteca,” said Rodolfo Martinez, vice president of production, ESPN Deportes and ESPN International.  “Mexico’s growing NFL fan base has high expectations of this exciting game. We are putting all our resources towards offering the best coverage possible, including featuring iconic locations in Mexico City and leveraging our state-of-the-art studios opened last December.”

ESPN International

ESPN International will carry the game across 61 countries/territories in Spanish-speaking Latin America, Brazil, the Caribbean, Canada and Australia/New Zealand/Pacific Islands.

On game day, ESPN in Mexico and Central America will present more than 15 hours of NFL content, including a Toque Inicial produced outside the studios overlooking Estadio Azteca, two editions of NFL Live and SportsCenter produced from the stadium and a pregame NFL Esta Noche. Additional content on local ESPN2 and ESPN3 will be produced from ESPN’s new studios in Mexico City and from Bristol, Conn. ESPN3 will also simulcast the game in English, giving Mexican fans the option of watching ESPN’s U.S. telecast.

ESPN Digital and Marketing

In addition to ESPN’s television coverage of this historic game, ESPN Digital will feature multiple stories on ESPN.com and ESPNDeportes.com throughout the week, including features on Mexican football and the viability of a NFL franchise in Mexico City, plus game coverage from ESPN’s NFL Nation team reporters Sara Barshop (Texans), Paul Gutierrez (Raiders) and Alden Gonzalez, who will travel to Mexico City.

ESPN Marketing will debut a new MNF advertising spot on Monday, Nov. 14, promoting the Texans-Raiders game and the planned studio coverage on ESPN and ESPN Deportes.

NFL in Mexico City

Texans-Raiders will be the first Monday Night Football game in the 47-year history of the series to be played outside the United States. ESPN televised the last NFL regular-season game in Mexico City 11 years ago as part of its previous Sunday Night Football package. The October 2, 2005 matchup (San Francisco 49ers vs. Arizona Cardinals) was played in front of 103,467 fans at Estadio Azteca, the largest crowd in NFL regular-season history at that time.

ESPN Programs Live from Mexico City (Nov. 20-21):

Date Times (ET) Network Show Location
Sun, Nov 20 8-10 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter Chapultepec Park
11 a.m. – 1 p.m. ESPN Sunday NFL Countdown Chapultepec Park
Mon, Nov 21 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter Estadio Azteca
3-4 p.m. ESPN NFL Live Estadio Azteca
5-6 p.m. ESPNEWS Nación ESPN Estadio Azteca
6-8:15 p.m. ESPN Monday Night Countdown Estadio Azteca
7-7:30 p.m. ESPN Deportes Cronómetro ESPN Studios
7:30-8 p.m. ESPN Deportes Nación ESPN Estadio Azteca
8-:8:30 p.m. ESPN Deportes NFL Esta Noche Estadio Azteca
8:15-11:30 p.m. ESPN

ESPN Deportes

Monday Night Football

Texans vs. Raiders

Estadio Azteca
11:30 p.m. ESPN

ESPN Deportes

SportsCenter

* postgame coverage

Estadio Azteca

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ESPN & ESPN Deportes viajan a la Ciudad de México con Monday Night Football
Ediciones especiales de SportsCenter, NFL Esta Noche y NFL Live desde México por ESPN Deportes y ESPN México; El primer show remoto en la historia de la temporada regular de Sunday NFL Countdown y SportsCenter on the Road; 

El lunes, 21 de noviembre a las 8:30 p.m. (hora del Este de EE. UU.), ESPN y ESPN Deportes televisarán el primer partido de la temporada regular de la NFL en 11 años en la Ciudad de México, con una edición especial de Monday Night Football entre los Houston Texans y los Oakland Raiders.

Diversos programas de estudio de ESPN se transmitirán en vivo desde la Ciudad de México, los días domingo 20 y lunes 21 de noviembre, como parte de la extensa cobertura en inglés y español de la cadena, tanto en los Estados Unidos como en las cadenas de ESPN en la Latinoamérica de habla hispana.

“Nos emociona llevar a los aficionados en los Estados Unidos y en toda Latinoamérica la cobertura del regreso de la NFL al Estadio Azteca”, dijo Rodolfo Martinez, vicepresidente de producción de ESPN Deportes y ESPN International. “La creciente base de aficionados de la NFL en México tiene altas expectativas con respecto a este sensacional partido.  Estamos invirtiendo todos nuestros recursos para ofrecer la mejor cobertura posible, incluyendo la presentación de lugares característicos de la Ciudad de México y haciendo uso de nuestros estudios de avanzada, inaugurados en diciembre pasado”.

El partido de los Texans y los Raiders será el primero en los 47 años de historia de Monday Night Football en jugarse fuera de los Estados Unidos. ESPN televisó el último partido de la temporada regular de la NFL en la Ciudad de México como parte de su anterior paquete de Sunday Night Football. El encuentro del 2 de octubre de 2005 —entre los Fortyniners de San Francisco y los Arizona Cardinals— se disputó en el Estadio Azteca frente a una multitud de 103,467 aficionados, lo cual constituyó la máxima concurrencia en la temporada regular de la NFL en aquel tiempo.

Aspectos salientes en la programación de ESPN Deportes:

Medios digitales y marketing:

ESPN Deportes Radio

Aspectos salientes de la programación de ESPN:

Los demás shows de ESPN originados en la Ciudad de México son las ediciones matinales de SportsCenter Face to Face con Hannah Storm los domingos y lunes, SportsCenter on the Road con Sage Steele, y NFL Live los lunes con Trey Wingo y los analistas Herm Edwards y Darren Woodson.

ESPN International

Los programas de ESPN en vivo desde México (Nov. 20-21):

Día Hora (ET) Cadena Show Lugar de producción
Dom, 21 de Nov 8-10 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter Parque Chapultepec
11 a.m. – 1 p.m. ESPN Sunday NFL Countdown Parque Chapultepec
Lun 21 de Nov 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter Estadio Azteca
3-4 p.m. ESPN NFL Live Estadio Azteca
5-6 p.m. ESPNEWS Nación ESPN Estadio Azteca
6-8:15 p.m. ESPN Monday Night Countdown Estadio Azteca
7-7:30 p.m. ESPN Deportes Cronómetro ESPN Studios
7:30-8 p.m. ESPN Deportes Nación ESPN Estadio Azteca
8-:8:30 p.m. ESPN Deportes NFL Esta Noche Estadio Azteca
8:15-11:30 p.m. ESPN

ESPN Deportes

Monday Night Football

Texans vs. Raiders

Estadio Azteca
11:30 p.m. ESPN

ESPN Deportes

SportsCenter

* postgame coverage

Estadio Azteca

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