The NFL is considering at least two other bids in competition to Hawaii for the 2017 Pro Bowl.

Houston and Sydney, Australia, have jumped into the running to be the site of the league’s next all-star game, officials have confirmed.

The Pro Bowl has ventured away from Aloha Stadium just twice since 1980, to South Florida in 2010 and Glendale, Ariz., in 2015, and the NFL is due to announce in the next month a site for the 2017 game.

Kevin Cooper of the Houston Super Bowl Committee, said, “Yes, we have put in a bid, but we have not heard back (yet) from the NFL.”

Houston is bidding to host the game in tandem with Super Bowl LI and the city’s mayor has vowed an aggressive pursuit of the game.

Sydney also is reported to have presented a bid with a “very specific proposal,” though Stuart Ayres, New South Wales Minister for Sport, declined comment “on specific bids for events.”

Ayres, who is currently in the U.S., said, “However, Sydney is Australia’s home of sport and major events and we welcome any opportunity to bid on the most exciting events on the world calendar.”

An NFL spokesman said, “Those two cities (Houston and Sydney), among others, have expressed interest, but we are not going to comment on bids.”

Melbourne, Australia, and Brazil also have been mentioned as possibilities.

The Hawaii Tourism Authority has a contract with the NFL for 2017, but the agreement allows either side to opt out by March 31.

The HTA declined to say whether it has offered the NFL new terms in the wake of increased competition for the game.

Under terms of the contract, the HTA is to pay the NFL $5 million for the game plus $152,250 in operational expenses, the same arrangement as the 2016 game.

“We have a contract in place for 2017 and have had good, productive conversations with the NFL about how to keep making the Pro Bowl experience fun and exciting for the players and fans,” HTA President and CEO George D. Szigeti said in an email.

The 2014 Pro Bowl at Aloha Stadium, the last one for which figures have been announced, contributed $26.2 million in visitor spending to Hawaii’s economy and is credited with generating $2.8 million in state tax revenue, the HTA has said.

In comments following last month’s Pro Bowl, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said he was “disappointed” by what he saw in the 2016 game and said he was open to new ideas.