Kent Somers

azcentral sports

For the Cardinals, playing the Los Angeles Rams on the road usually requires a quick flight or a drive of five hours or so.

Not in 2017.

The Cardinals will play the Rams in London at Twickenham Stadium next season, the NFL announced on Tuesday morning. The game will be in either Week 7 or 8 (Oct. 22 or 29).

The game will count as a Rams home game. It will be one of four NFL games played in London next season.

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“In 2014 I attended the Raiders-Dolphins game at Wembley Stadium and experienced first hand the incredible enthusiasm U.K. fans have for the NFL,” Cardinals President Michael Bidwill said in a statement released by the team. “I also encountered a huge number of Cardinals fans asking when our team would be playing there. I know this is great news for them as well as the U.S. members of the Red Sea who couldn’t have a cooler destination to see a road game.”

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The NFL has played three games in London in each of the last three seasons. The Cardinals-Rams game will be the second NFL game played at Twickenham, which is primarily used for rugby. The Giants defeated the Rams there in Week 7 this year in the first non-rugby event in the 107-year history of the venue.

Twickenham is located southwest of London on the River Thames in the London Borough of Richmond.

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It will be the Cardinals' first game outside the United State since playing the 49ers in Mexico City in 2005.

The Cardinals played a preseason game against the Vikings in London in 1985.

In the 1976 preseason, the Cardinals played the Chargers in Tokyo, the first NFL game held outside North America.