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Sky's the Limit for the Richmond Revolution

January 20, 2011 - Indoor Football League (IFL)
Richmond Revolution News Release


RICHMOND, VA.: SportsQuest and the Richmond Revolution announced today that the Revolution, the 2010 IFL Franchise of the Year, will play its home games for the 2011 season outdoors on SportsQuest's East Campus in Chesterfield County. The East Campus currently consists of nine synthetic turf fields, with an additional eight fields under construction. The Revolution will play on Field Nine, which is composed of the same turf as that used by the Baltimore Ravens, and which is already lined for football.

"We've built a beautiful synthetic turf field complex in Chesterfield County," said Steve Burton, SportsQuest Chairman and CEO, "and our Revolution fans and sponsors wanted us to play there. We therefore made the unique request to the IFL Board for permission to play indoor football outdoors for a season, and they graciously granted our request. They recognized it would be a lot of fun for our fans."

The Revolution will utililize the same dasher board system fans nestled up to last year in the Arthur Ashe Center, and will once again install field level boxes that will allow fans to be literally on top of the action. "The field level boxes are the best fan experience in sports," said Mark Wood, SportsQuest's Vice President of Business Development. "Now that we know we'll be playing on campus, I expect the boxes to sell out very quickly."

The Revolution will also install bleacher seating and will again have the end zone Q Club where fans can catch and keep the footballs kicked for extra point and field goal attempts. There will be a Kids Zone play area for children, and special outdoor activities such as bon fires and fireworks are planned. Concessions, including beer and wine sales, will also be available.

"One of the greatest strengths of the IFL is our ability to think outside the box and continue to make our game unique" said IFL Commissioner Tommy Benizio. "The Revolution wanted to play on SportsQuest's campus in 2011, so we granted their request to play the season outdoors. Rochester played a game last season outdoors, and it was a big hit. I think the fans in Richmond will love the experience as well."

"In December, we broke ground on a 250,000 square foot Sport, Aquatics and Fitness Center that will be home to the Revolution in 2012," said SportsQuest President and Revolution General Manager Phil Evans. "We needed a place to play in 2011, however, and we wanted to be on campus to accommodate our fan and sponsorship base. Playing outdoors - the way the game of football was played originally -- was the logical solution."

The field design and seating manifest, as well as ticket prices, are available at www.richmondrevolution.com. Season tickets and sponsorships are now available for the 2011 season. Ticket packages start at just $99. For more information about the Revolution schedule, or to place an order for tickets call (804) 595-theQ (8437).

The Indoor Football League was founded in 2008. It is a professional indoor football league created from a merger between the Intense Football League and United Indoor Football and is made of up teams from all over the USA. More information on the IFL can be found at http://www.goifl.com.

SportsQuest is a 250 acre sports and family entertainment campus in Chesterfield County off Genito at 288 and Powhite. SportsQuest includes sports programming for recreational enjoyment, youth development, and high performance athletes. For more on SportsQuest call 804-595-TheQ (8437) or visit www.sportsquest.biz.

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