When the Patriots and Raiders face off next season, they'll be in Mexico City's Azetca Stadium, according to ESPN's John Sutcliffe.

The development comes weeks after the Raiders beat the Texans, 27-20, in Mexico City, and amid speculation that the game could become an annual event because of its popularity.

"It's been an incredible success so far. I'm optimistic we'll be back," NFL commissioner Roger Goodell told ESPN prior to the Raiders-Texans get-together. "We're going to get to work right away on this ... This is a priority for us. We see the passion that's happening here and the fan's interest in this game continues to explode. We want to feed that. We want to continue that relationship and be back for more."

As CBSSports.com's John Breech noted at the time, it's not a surprise that the Patriots are one of the teams headed to Mexico, in part because New England won't be giving up a home game, and because, "Raiders owner Mark Davis has shown that he's more than willing to relocate some of the Raiders' home games due to their tenuous stadium situation in Oakland."

Meanwhile, Mark Waller, the NFL's VP of international, has previously stated that the league's aim with Mexico City is to make it the next London.

"My goal would be similar to the U.K., where we're able to go back at least once a year and create our piece of the Mexico City sporting calendar," Waller told NFL.com recently. "Mexico City has the size of NFL fan base that would rival any city in the United States. The area is 22 million people. It's a huge and very passionate fan base."

And because the NFL wants to grow the game globally, that means expanding beyond the U.K. and Mexico.

"I believe one of our unique advantages is because of our schedule, we can play in many different places," Waller said. "I would love to think over time we could play in other cities in Mexico. I think we should play in Canada. I think we should play in Germany. I think if you spread out 10 years, there would be, in every NFL season, a number of games that give you a real sense that we were part of the global sporting community in multiple cities throughout the season. I would love to think, 10 years out, in a season we were playing Mexico City, Vancouver, Berlin, three or four in London. That feels very inclusive."

In related news: The NFL announced Tuesday that four regular-season games will be played in London next season.