New England and Seattle will embark on a series of events that in one part has not been seen in the modern NFL era and on another a first in the history of the league.
The Patriots and Seahawks will play back-to-back pre-season games in 2007 first in Seattle then a week later in Beijing. Following the first game, both teams will travel together to China in preparation for the game. New England will exercise a NFL rule allowing them to begin camp a week early and also add a 5th game to its pre-season schedule.
The teams will play in the new Olympic Stadium on August 6, 2007 in the innaugural China Bowl.
The Patriots have been had a presence in China for sometime, even mainting a chinese language website for the team. The teams ProShop also carries some chinese language merchandise. Members of the media at the game last nite when the official announcement was made received the sticker below which is also available on the teams website.
