NFL games to be screened at Thanksgiving extravaganza

The Kensington Roof Gardens will show the Minnesota Vikings versus Detroit Lions and then the Washington Redskins versus the Dallas Cowboys
Game on: the Kensington Roof Gardens will screen the matches
Lizzie Edmonds @lizzieedmo25 November 2016

Two major American Football games will be screened tonight at a London Thanksgiving party celebrating all things American on the national holiday.

About 300 sports fans are expected at the NFL Thanksgiving extravaganza at the Kensington Roof Gardens, which will show the Minnesota Vikings take on the Detroit Lions and then the Washington Redskins versus the Dallas Cowboys on big screens.

Poldark actor Chris Brassington, former Spurs and England footballer Darren Anderton and socialite Lizzie Cundy will be at the event and NFL cheerleaders will be performing.

The party is hosted by Redzone Sports, a bookmaker specialising in American sports such as NFL, baseball and basketball. The company, founded by businessmen Warren Llambias and Steve Baumohl, was formed only a few months ago, but is booming thanks to the popularity of NFL in the UK.

One in six Londoners are thought to mark Thanksgiving, which is a celebration of the previous harvest that dates back to the 1600s. It is held on the fourth Thursday of November.

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