More than 600,000 people joined the virtual queue today (Tuesday) for tickets to Ireland’s first-ever hosting of a National Football League (NFL) regular season game.
The NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers and Minnesota Vikings will face each other at Dublin’s Croke Park on September 28. It is not the first time the Steelers have visited Croke Park however as the team played a pre-season game against the Chicago Bears in front of around 30,000 fans in 1997.
Tickets for the game went on sale earlier today, with fans first placed into an online waiting room before being allocated a random spot in the queue.
Croke Park will have a reduced capacity of around 76,000 for the NFL game. The stadium traditionally has a capacity of 82,300.
A couple of hours after the onsale began, fans were warned by Ticketmaster that wait times would be long due to demand.
“This is a popular sale and wait times are expected to be long,” a message read.
“Your place in the queue is secure and there are still tickets available. Thank you for your patience.”
Last month, Ticketmaster was forced to [temporarily pause the onsale](https://www.theticketingbusiness.com/2025/05/nfl-london-onsale-back-up-and-running-after-forced-pause/) for London’s NFL games at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium after the team had spotted “bad actors”.
“Due to exceptionally high demand for NFL London Games tickets, Ticketmaster has temporarily paused sales to monitor the queue and ensure genuine fans are able to purchase tickets,” read a statement posted on the X account for the NFL UK & Ireland.