Arkansas Diamonds New Name For Twisters
February 4, 2010 - Indoor Football League (IFL)
Arkansas Diamonds News Release
North Little Rock, AR - Arkansas Diamonds is the new name of the Indoor Football League team that will be playing in Verizon Arena in North Little Rock this season. The Diamonds, formerly the Arkansas Twisters, were forced to go through a name change due to the dissolution of Arena Football and AF2, the league that the Twisters were part of for the last decade.
When forced to change its name and logo, team officials asked the community to provide suggestions for a new team name and the overwhelming choice, mentioned on more than 60 percent of the responses was Diamonds.
"We asked our fans and the people of Arkansas what our new name should be and they responded," said Diamonds co-owner Jim Smith. "I think that this name is going to really create some excitement for our fans and it is what they wanted."
Arkansas, home to the eighth-largest diamond mine in the world and the only one in the United States, is proud to have the world's only public diamond mine and this new name reflects that state pride.
With the new name comes a new logo that was presented at an afternoon press conference at the North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce offices on Thursday.
"We believe that there is going to be a lot that we can do with this new name and logo," explained Diamonds Director of Operations Troy Thompson. "We are going to have a contest for elementary school students to name the mascot and we have some interesting marketing opportunities that come along with this."
The Diamonds will be providing a drawing of the new mascot to each of the elementary schools in Central Arkansas and the students will be given the opportunity to color in the mascot and come up with a name. All entries will be collected and the winning student's suggestion will become the new name of the Diamonds mascot and that student will receive a special prize pack from the Diamonds, including tickets and other great gifts from the Arkansas Diamonds.
The Diamonds begin their first season in the Indoor Football League on February 28 at Corpus Christi. The seven-game home schedule begins on Friday, March 12 against San Angelo. For tickets and information, please call 501-975-5425.
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