anyone know if the Colorado Ice have found a new owner?

[DT95]

details?

thanks.

[IndoorExpert]

Yes, they have. Details will be coming from the league as soon as all details are finalized.

[footballguy]

How would you know. nobody knows whether they found a new owner or not unless they are on the inside of all of it. Judging by your post it doesn't seem like you are.

[IndoorExpert]

How would you know. nobody knows whether they found a new owner or not unless they are on the inside of all of it. Judging by your post it doesn't seem like you are.

I do know, and I am on the inside. So keep your unintelligent comments to yourself. It isnt public yet, and once everything is complete, it will be announced!!!!!!

[footballguy]

There are three people that are on the inside. John Cunningham, Tommy Benizio, and whoever the knew owner may be. So unless you are one of them, which I hope not because anybody who is actually involved in a professional football team should not be chatting online with fans or even discussing their business in the open it is very UNINTELLIGENT to be doing so. This sounds like someone who wishes they really were on the inside.

[IndoorExpert]

There are three people that are on the inside. John Cunningham, Tommy Benizio, and whoever the knew owner may be. So unless you are one of them, which I hope not because anybody who is actually involved in a professional football team should not be chatting online with fans or even discussing their business in the open it is very UNINTELLIGENT to be doing so. This sounds like someone who wishes they really were on the inside.

You are still here trying to impress with your lack of knowledge, and you haven't a clue. A question was asked if there is a new owner. I answered the question knowing the answer. You had to get into the conversation with some silly rant, trying to be the internet tough guy and know-it-all. Why cant you wait for the official announcement? There are many more people on the inside than just those three, but there again, you haven't a clue. If you want to call someone out, I have some better ways to do so than saying random comments without merit.

There are many involved in indoor sports that chat online for several different reasons. Why are you here? Why would I wish I was involved in a business that loses several hundred thousand dollars a year? Actually that sounds like a nightmare. Again, you are showing your lack of knowledge. I just happen to be assisting someone involved. Sounds like you wish you were really a footballguy!!!!

[footballguy]

I dont know who you are talking to saying I have no football experience. I have plenty of profesional experience and not in all those other arena leagues that wish they could be AFL. You really sound like you have no experience. "Assisting someone". I wouldnt want to be assisting anyone in that bad of a league especially such a horrible team as the Ice or anyone involved with them. Get some real football experience then come talk to me. Until you have coached in the NFL you know dick about football. Indoor (soccer) Expert.

[Bouncer_Texxx]

Case Study #5436

Why the internet indoor football community is dead.

[IndoorExpert]

I dont know who you are talking to saying I have no football experience. I have plenty of profesional experience and not in all those other arena leagues that wish they could be AFL. You really sound like you have no experience. "Assisting someone". I wouldnt want to be assisting anyone in that bad of a league especially such a horrible team as the Ice or anyone involved with them. Get some real football experience then come talk to me. Until you have coached in the NFL you know dick about football. Indoor (soccer) Expert.

Again, just another internet tough guy. I do have NFL experience and you are a joke. You should stay off of the message boards. Private message me if you want to talk some more so others dont need to read this silliness.

[Caballo Diablo]

Colorado Ice Announce New Owner
March 30, 2010 - Indoor Football League (IFL) Colorado Ice

(Fort Collins, CO) - The Colorado ICE Indoor Football team will be holding a press conference this Thursday, April 1 at 11 a.m. in the Executive Club Restaurant at Budweiser Events Center to announce the new ownership of Colorado's only indoor football team.

Along with the introduction of the new owner, the football team will be available for interviews after the press conference.

The Colorado ICE are on a bye week and will travel to Montana to face the Billings Outlaws on Sunday, April 11 at 4 p.m. You can listen to the radio broadcast on ESPN 870 KJMP, Fort Collins, CO. Also, you can watch the ICE "LIVE" on the B2 Network or follow the play-by-play stats on Poinstreak.com. Both can be accessed from www.TheColoradoIce.com.

Tickets for the five remaining home games can be purchased by calling 970-472-0128, going by the Budweiser Events Center Box Office, by calling 877-544-TIXX(8499) and at ComcastTix.com.

[Bouncer_Texxx]

great news. there's a market for the Ice I'm convinced of it. There's just SO much to do in NoCo, they gotta find their niche.

[IndoorExpert]

Suprise, suprise, a new owner being announced. This market WAS a good location for a team. The two previous owners did little to reach the communities. The paying customers is under 500 per game. Buying the team right now gives the new owner about $300,000 in the hole after the word go. It will be interesting to see the new direction the team will go in. I believe the market will have a tough time rebounding, and we will see how long the owner wants to stay in the negative.

[Caballo Diablo]

Colorado Ice Announces New Owner
April 1, 2010 - Indoor Football League (IFL) Colorado Ice

(Loveland, CO) - Tom Wigley was announced as the primary owner of the Colorado ICE at a press conference Thursday morning, April 1. Wigley joins the team after they have played four of their fourteen games in the 2010 season.
Wigley, a retiree that calls Windsor, Colorado home, said "I couldn't be more excited to take over the ownership of the ICE. This is an amazing product that has an immense amount of potential to thrive in Northern Colorado." Wigley went on relaying that he will attempt to translate his passion for football to new fans. "With the help of the staff at Budweiser Events Center, we are going to show the fans a good time. We are going to be all about family affordable entertainment."

Global Spectrum's Rick Hontz, General Manager of Budweiser Events Center stated he was absolutely on board with the new owners' message about the fans. "The ICE, in conjunction with Budweiser Events Center, will be offering a family four-pack with four tickets, four hot dogs, four chips and four sodas for $49, including all service fees and parking," Hontz said.

The next home game for the Colorado ICE Indoor Football team is Sunday, April 18 at 3 p.m.

REMAINING HOME GAMES!

SUNDAY, APRIL 18th 3PM vs. AMARILLO VENOM

SUNDAY, MAY 9th 3PM vs. WICHITA WILD

SATURDAY, MAY 15th 7PM vs. TRI-CITIES FEVER

SATURDAY, MAY 29th 7PM vs. SIOUX CITY BANDITS

SATURDAY, JUNE 5th 7PM vs. SIOUX FALLS STORM

The Colorado ICE are proud members of the Indoor Football League (IFL). All home games are played at the BudweiserEventsCenter located in Loveland, Colorado. Season, group and single game tickets for the 2010 season are now available at the Colorado Ice headquarters by calling (970) 472-0128.

Also, tickets can be purchased at the Budweiser Events Center Box Office (877) 544-8499 or comcasttix.com. Single game tickets start at just $15 per seat and Season ticket packages start at just $120 per seat and include all parking, ticketing, and facility fees. More information can be found at www.TheColoradoIce.com.

[Caballo Diablo]

Windsor man new owner of Ice franchise
BY SEAN DUFF • SeanDuff@coloradoan.com • April 2, 2010

LOVELAND - Tom Wigley, a retired Windsor resident, is the new owner of the Colorado Ice.

Wigley was introduced at a news conference Thursday as the successor to John Cunningham, who announced last month that he wanted to sell the indoor football team for family reasons.

Wigley would not disclose the sale price.

Rick Hontz, general manager of the Budweiser Events Center where the conference was held and where the Ice plays its home games, said Wigley was one of four ownership groups that met with Indoor Football League commissioner Tommy Benizio. Hontz said Wigley had three characteristics that the previous two owners did not: he's a local guy, he has the resources to market the team and most importantly and for the first time he's a fan of the team.

Wigley, who said he owned five percent of the franchise before the deal, said he first began talking with Cunningham on March 22 and finalized the deal last Friday.

"I've come out of retirement, and this is going to be my sole business," Wigley said. "So I'm going to direct all my efforts toward this, which I think is different from the owners in the past."

Wigley said he is a longtime Colorado resident and a 1973 University of Denver graduate. He said he was a land surveyor for a Denver company and worked for the city of Thornton's survey department before retiring, and he and his wife moved to Windsor about three-and-a-half years ago.

Wigley is the team's third owner. Cunningham bought the fourth-year team in April 2008 after its original owner, Danny DeGrande, sold the team to the United Indoor Football Association, the Ice's original league. DeGrande faced mortgage fraud charges later that year and lost his real estate license. Jeff Dorschner, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Colorado, said last month the criminal case against DeGrande remains pending because he is a fugitive from justice.

Cunningham bought the team about three weeks after DeGrande sold it and its assets to the now-defunct UIFA.

Benizio said he thought Wigley would do a good job with the Ice.

"I think Tom is terrific." said Benizio, who spent three or four days last week here during his first visit to Northern Colorado. "I was impressed with his enthusiasm and the financial commitment he is making and his desire to make a longterm commitment."

The Ice is 0-4 this season. It has five home games left this season, and its next game is April 11 at Billlings.

The IFL is in its second season. It has 25 teams, up from 19 in its inaugural season, from Alaska to New York.

[LewInDenver]

I personally know Tom and Patti, they have done nothing but given their heart and soul to the Ice, their employees and their fans. Patti is a really a great person. If you look at what the Ice has done in this off season, they have been real active in player recruitment, community team appearances and bringing stability to a franchise that was in bad need of it. From a ownership standpoint they are A+.

LewInDenver