Another former AFL team owner is re-entering the fold, as the Liken family announces the Kansas City Brigade will be joining the new Arena Football League for the 2011 season. The new AFL management must be doing something right; the Brigade is the third former AFL franchise to commit to the new AFL, as Kansas […]
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SaberCats returning to new AFL
The new Arena Football League has another old team returning to the new lineup, as the San Jose SaberCats will field a team in the 2011 season under the direction of the old ownership group. Fry’s Electronics Executive Vice President Kathryn J. Kolder and brothers John, Dave and Randy Fry are heading up the revived […]
Philadelphia Soul to return to AFL sans Bon Jovi
The Philadelphia Soul is returning to the Arena Football League for the 2011 season, but former owner Jon Bon Jovi won’t be part of the ownership group. Bon Jovi was an integral part of the Soul ownership during the team’s previous stint in the AFL, combining concerts with games and appearing on game-of-the-week telecasts. But […]
Vipers to stay at State Farm Arena
After exploring other venues in the area, the D-League’s Rio Grande Valley Vipers have decided to spend the next two seasons at Hildalgo’s State Farm Arena. The Vipers had explored a lease at the McAllen Convention Center, but at the end of the day came up with a lease at State Farm Arena that was […]
New for 2010: Maverik Center
The former E-Center in West Valley City, Utah, has a new name, as the home of the Utah Blaze (AFL) and the Utah Grizzlies (ECHL) is now the Maverik Center. Maverik, a convenience and gas retailer headquartered in Utah, finalized a multi-year agreement including exclusive sponsorship, advertising rights and prominent signage on the exterior and […]
IFL looks to expand in Southwest
Indoor Football League (IFL) Commissioner Tommy Benezio recently met with potential team owners about setting up a Southwest Division for the 2011 IFL season. Potential teams/owners from Fresno (CA), Las Vegas (NV), Albuquerque (NM), Tuscan (AZ), Prescott Valley (AZ), and El Paso (TX) were in attendance. “The meeting was very informative and our attendance was […]
IFL’s Alaska Wild folds; forfeit wins awarded
The Alaska Wild has folded operations after informing the Indoor Football League it could not field enough players to make up a squad and pay travel expenses. The league awarded forfeit wins to the next four Wild opponents: Billings, La Crosse, Kent and Tri-Cities. The Wild was slated to visit Tri-Cities on June 12; a […]
Vipers fitting in nicely in new AFL
The Alabama Vipers may not play in a major market, but the Huntsville-based team is managing to fit in well with the economics of the new Arena Football League. The Vipers play at the Von Braun Center, which has a very limited capacity of 6,200. And the Vipers aren’t selling out the place, averaging 4,205 […]
Green Bay sticks with Blizzard name
The new owners of Green Bay's indoor-football team strike a deal to keep the Blizzard name. The Green Bay Blizzard lives on, as new owner Titletown Football Group, the owners and operators of the Green Bay Indoor Football team, are pleased to announce that the team name will remain the Green Bay Blizzard. “Our goal […]
AF1 completes purchase of AFL assets
The startup indoor-football league has closed on the purchase of assets of the defunct Arena Football League, clearing the way for a 2010 launch. The startup indoor-football league has closed on the purchase of assets of the defunct Arena Football League, clearing the way for a 2010 launch. You may not think such an asset […]
Details emerge on Arena Football 1
It takes guts to launch a new sports league in the depths of a recession, but the organizers of Arena Football 1 say they'll absorb the financial lessons imposed by the collapse of the Arena Football League and take what works from af2. The most important lesson to be learned from the collapse of the […]
New league rises from Arena Football League, af2 castoffs
The new circuit is expected to include two former Arena Football League teams as well as many AF2 teams and new franchises. A new league is rising from the ashes of the defunct Arena Football League, as several former AFL franchises are banding together for af2 teams and new franchise in a new Tulsa-based circuit […]