Copperheads and Battle Wings Honor Robinson
Published on April 11, 2007 under arenafootball2 (af2)
Texas Copperheads News Release
HOUSTON - The Grambling State University Marching Band will perform at Saturday's Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings' game with the Texas Copperheads at the CenturyTel Center.
The Grambling band will perform the national anthem in pre-games festivities that will begin at 6:30 p.m. and then conduct a special halftime marching routine.
The Grambling band will join the BattleWings and Copperheads at halftime for a special salute to the late Coach Eddie Robinson.
Copperheads Defensive Coordinator and former Grambling player under Eddie Robinson, Troy Esprit, said "The college football world mourned the day Coach Robinson passed away; he was a great person on and off the field. He was a heck of a guy."
Copperheads season tickets are available now by calling or visit texascopperheads.com.
The arenafootballleague2 Texas Copperheads play all home games at the 8,239 seat Berry Center (www.berrycenter.net) in Northwest Houston. The Copperheads kick off the 2007 season on Friday, April 6th against the Florida Firecats.
For more information, get player photos for media outlets or to get your 2007 Texas Copperheads season tickets, contact the Copperheads office at (888) 897-FANG or visit www.texascopperheads.com. J. Ronald Oswalt, Director of Media Relations can be reached at (832) 754-7666 or by electronic mail at oswalt1@houston.rr.com.
CALL THE COPPERHEADS TICKET OFFICE DIRECTLY: Fans can call the Copperheads ticket office directly at 281-392-5592. Single-game ticket - prices start at $9.00 for children, and $10.00 for adults.
GROUP TICKET RATES OF 25 TICKETS OR MORE: Call Gary Saunders in the Copperheads ticket office at 888-897-FANG.
SEASON TICKET PACKAGES: Fans can call the Copperheads offices directly at 281-392-5592. Prices range starts as low as $53.00 for a reserved seat to all seven Copperheads home games.
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