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2007 Lightning Season Opens At Spokane on March 31

November 21, 2006 - arenafootball2 (af2)
Stockton Lightning News Release


STOCKTON, Calif. -The Stockton Lightning of the arenafootball2 league have announced the team will open the 2007 af2 season on the road against the defending ArenaCup Champion Spokane Shock on Saturday, March 31, 2007.

Following a Week two bye, the Lightning begin their second season of arena football at Stockton Arena in a Week three matchup against the local rival Central Valley Coyotes on April 14.

The Lightning will face a stern test in its quest for the team's first ArenaCup Playoff berth in Lightning history, with two games against the Shock in the first five weeks of the regular season.

In addition, the Lightning will face four new teams they did not see in the 2006 season, facing the af2 expansion Boise Burn and Tri-Cities club twice, Corpus-Christi once in the regular season finale, and a Week 12 road tilt against the Amarillo Dusters. Stockton will also face the division rival Coyotes and Bakersfield Blitz three times each this season, the most amount of games the Lightning face against one team in 2007.

In addition, the late portion of the schedule favors a home-field advantage for Stockton, as the Lightning will have four home games scheduled at Stockton Arena in the final six weeks.

The Lightning will play a total of 16 games (eight home/eight away) and will be part of a new league alignment, moving over to the American Conference and in a revamped West Division. The new divisions are as follows:

American Conference
WEST MIDWEST EAST
Spokane Green Bay W-B/Scranton
Boise Quad City Manchester
Everett Louisville Albany
Central Valley Cincinnati Mahoning Valley
Stockton Fort Wayne
Bakersfield
Tri-Cities

National Conference
CENTRAL SOUTHWEST SOUTH
Tulsa Bossier-Shreveport Birmingham
Oklahoma City Corpus-Christi Florida
Amarillo Texas South Georgia
Lubbock Rio Grande Valley Tennessee Valley
Arkansas Laredo

2007 SEASON TICKET INFORMATION
Lightning season tickets for the 2007 season are on sale now. Lightning season ticket holders enjoy the highest-demanded seating locations in Stockton Arena, benefits including admission to season ticket holder-only events, discount opportunities on merchandise, a free e-newsletter and more. Details on individual tickets will be announced soon.



Season Ticket Price
Front Row $280
Lower Premium $160
Upper Premium $120
Lower End Zone $120
Upper End Zone $80

About af2
With its seventh season completed in August, af2 serves as a vehicle to bring Arena Football to small to midsize cities and as a developmental league with an unmatched history of sending players, coaches and officials to major professional football leagues each year. af2 operates under the same Mission Statement and Fans' Bill of Rights as the Arena Football League, which concluded its 20th season in June. Log on to www.af2.com for more information.

In their first season, the Lightning ranked third in af2 attendance with an average of 7,445 fans per home game and recently named Doug Murray as the second Head Coach in team history on September 14.

Season tickets for the 2007 Lightning regular season are on sale now. For more information on season tickets, merchandise, or other information, please call the Lightning at (209) 373-1500 or visit www.stocktonlightning.com.

STOCKTON LIGHTNING 2007 AF2 SEASON SCHEDULE


Week 1
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Stockton at Spokane

Week 2
BYE

Week 3
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Central Valley at Stockton

Week 4
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Stockton at Bakersfield

Week 5
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Spokane at Stockton

Week 6
Saturday, May 5, 2007
Stockton at Tri-Cities

Week 7
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Stockton at Everett

Week 8
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Central Valley at Stockton

Week 9
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Stockton at Boise

Week 10
Saturday, June 2, 2007
Tri-Cities at Stockton

Week 11
BYE

Week 12
Friday, June 15, 2007
Stockton at Amarillo

Week 13
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Bakersfield at Stockton

Week 14
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Everett at Stockton

Week 15
Saturday, July 7, 2007
Stockton at Central Valley

Week 16
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Boise at Stockton

Week 17
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Stockton at Bakersfield

Week 18
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Corpus Christi at Stockton



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