Back in late March at the league meetings in Arizona, Green Bay Packers President/CEO Mark Murphy said the club and the NFL were considering having the Packers travel international for their third 2019 preseason game against Oakland. At the time, several Canadian cities were in the mix.
Earlier this month Murphy narrowed the possibilities down to Winnipeg in an interview with ESPN radio and now, according to a report from the Winnipeg Free Press on Friday, the host Winnipeg Football Club is in the “final stages of completing a plan” to host the Raiders and Packers the week of Aug. 22-26.
The Winnipeg Bombers of the Canadian Football League are on the road that that week.