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All American Professional Basketball League coming to Cedar Rapids, Iowa

December 9, 2004 - All American Professional Basketball League (AAPBL) News Release


(Cedar Rapids, IA) - Wyoming businessman, Worth Christie announced that Cedar Rapids, Iowa will become the seventh member of the All American Professional Basketball League. Prior to today's announcement the AAPBL, with its league office in Casper, Wyoming had introduced teams in Casper, Wyoming, Billings, Butte and Great Falls, Montana as well as Lincoln, Nebraska and Pueblo, Colorado.

Set to tip-off their inaugural season in November , 2005 the league will include eight to 10 teams and a slate of 56 regular season games at a minimum, half of which will be played in the U.S. Cellular Center. The league will conclude its regular season in March with playoffs to be concluded in early April, 2006.

"Cedar Rapids is proud to build upon our solid foundation of sports hosting with the addition of the All-American Professional Basketball League to our city," said Mayor Pate. "We welcome the AAPBL and look forward to family enjoyment of League basketball games at our U.S. Cellular Center."

Sharon Cummins, Executive Director of the U.S. Cellular Center, stated "The U.S. Cellular Center is the perfect facility to create that competitive synergy that makes sporting events hosted here so successful. Cedar Rapids is the right market for professional basketball and we look forward to working with Mr. Christie and the All-American Professional Basketball League as they debut in Cedar Rapids."

Fans of the AAPBL will be treated to a high level of professional basketball and exciting promotional events that will leave each fan entertained win or lose and wanting to come to the next home game.

All AAPBL teams will be managed by the league office for the first two years of the leagues existence with an office and full staff in each of the league's cities. The league is currently discussing local ownership in each of the teams cities. After the first two years of league play local ownership will take over their team's operation.

For more information regarding the All American Professional Basketball League please contact, Brad Pick, in the league office at (307) 234-2082.

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