af2 expands by five teams for 2007
October 18, 2006 - arenafootball2 (af2) News Release
CHICAGO - The arenafootball2 Board of Directors approved applications for five new expansion af2 teams for 2007, the League office announced today, including four in Texas and one in Cincinnati. The teams are scheduled to begin play in April.
The five newcomers, coupled with the previously announced additions of the Boise Burn and Mahoning Valley Thunder, bring the total expansion class for 2007 to seven teams. The af2's current membership is now 28 teams.
""We (af2) are excited to announce the addition of five new teams to the af2 family for 2007," said af2 President Jerry Kurz. "I have the utmost confidence in each operating group's commitment to run top-notch organizations both on and off the field for many years. I know the fans in each market will thoroughly enjoy the total entertainment experience of Arena Football."
A multiple-member limited liability corporation called Texas af2 Holdings, LLC, submitted the four applications for the Texas teams. Spearheading the Texas efforts was Doug MacGregor, President of the AFL's Austin Wranglers and member of the Texas af2 Holdings group. This group will take the lead in the formation of new teams in Corpus Christi, Katy, Laredo and Lubbock. Two of the four teams have names and infrastructure already in place. The Katy team will be called the Texas Copperheads and the team in Laredo will be known as the Laredo Lobos.
"In the 49 other states, it's just football, but this is Texas," said MacGregor. "These are great football towns who we think are an ideal fit for Arena Football. Each market also boasts fantastic facilities and strong communities, communities that will quickly fall in love with this unique brand of football."
The Cincinnati application was submitted by a limited liability corporation called CAF Holdings, LLC.
Further details on each of these new teams will be announced locally as they become available.
There is also the possibility for a final round of league expansion. Two more candidates still under consideration for 2007 will be voted on early next week.
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