When selecting the venue for next weekend's Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles, the NFL went with a traditional choice: New Orleans. It'll be the 11th time the Big Easy has hosted the Big Game, tying it with Miami for hosting the most Super Bowls ever.

Recently, however, the world's richest professional sports league has hinted it may be ready to dispense with tradition: A Super Bowl played outside the U.S. is no longer an unthinkable possibility. Indeed, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell told an October fan forum in London that an internationally hosted Super Bowl is possible. "Things change," he said. "It wouldn't surprise me at all if that happens one day."