Ignition and Comcast Local add playoff broadcast
April 3, 2007 - Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Detroit Ignition News Release
(Southfield, Mich., April 3, 2007) - The Detroit Ignition has announced the club has come to an agreement with Comcast Local, a 24 hour regional sports network that provides exclusive sports programming to over 1.6 million viewers, to broadcast the club's April 15 MISL Semifinal match. Kick-off is at 4:35 pm. The additional broadcast gives fans the chance to continue to follow the first-year club through its improbable ride into the playoffs. The Ignition broadcast team includes experienced play-by-play veteran Al Pawlowski and color-analyst Roger Faulkner, a name well-known to the soccer community in the state of Michigan.
"We are pleased to offer our fans the opportunity to see the Ignition during the semifinal round of the 2007 MISL Playoffs," stated Ignition President Greg Bibb. "Comcast Local has been a tremendous partner during our inaugural season and we are proud to have joined forces with them to provide 12 live broadcasts."
Tickets to both the MISL Semifinal on April 15 and the MISL Championship are on sale now and available at the arena box, by calling 1.888.436.GOAL, and are available at all Ticketmaster locations.
Comcast Local is a Midwest sports network providing sports programming and community-oriented events in Michigan and Indiana. The channel is seen by over 1.6 million Comcast customers in communities including Metro Detroit, Flint, Ann Arbor, Muskegon, Grand Rapids, Lansing, Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and Muncie.
Headquartered in Philadelphia, Comcast Cable is a division of Comcast Corporation, a developer, manager and operator of broadband cable networks and provider of programming content. With a presence in 22 of the top 25 United States markets, Comcast is one of the leading communications, media and entertainment companies in the world. Providing basic cable, Digital cable, high-speed internet and telephone services, Comcast is the company to look to first for the communications products and services that connect people to what's important in their lives. The company's 59,000 employees serve more than 21 million customers.
The Detroit Ignition is a member club of the Major Indoor Soccer League, competing in the club's inaugural campaign for the 2006-07 season. Information regarding Ignition season, group, and individual tickets can be obtained by calling the club at 1-888-436-GOAL (4625), by visiting the team's official Internet property, www.detroitignition.com, by calling TicketMaster at 248-645-6666, or by using www.ticketmaster.com.
The Detroit Ignition is a subsidiary of the Hantz Group. The Hantz Group is a full-service financial holding company with 24 locations in Michigan and Ohio serving over 18,000 clients with over $1.6 billion in assets under management. With over 500 employees the full service company provides financial planning, tax planning, investment products, and mortgages through its affiliates.
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