A game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New Orleans Saints in Paris on Sunday will go ahead as planned with ramped up security, the NFL said on Tuesday, after a weekend of violence that engulfed the French capital. French officials will mount a “massive” security operation for protests planned on Saturday, with troops reinforcing police, Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Tuesday, after rioting and looting swept through Paris and other French cities on October 17. It is the first regular season game that the league has ever held in the French capital, part of a record nine-game slate of international matches this season, as the NFL eyes lucrative global markets.
O’Reilly said that the NFL is considering adding a 10th international game to the season beginning in 2027. The violence over the weekend, some of the worst unrest France has suffered in years, followed weeks of largely peaceful student demonstrations over school conditions and the cost of living. French authorities instituted curfews in several cities on Monday.
NFL officials have been on the ground in Paris for 10 days, O’Reilly told reporters.
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