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Lightning Reach Out to AFL Fans with Season Tickets

December 17, 2008 - arenafootball2 (af2)
Stockton Lightning News Release


STOCKTON, Calif. -The Stockton Lightning of the arenafootball2 league have unveiled an initiative that offers discounted Lightning season tickets at 10% off regular price to current season ticket holders of any Arena Football League team for the 2009 season.

The AFL announced on December 15 that the League's Board of Directors have decided to suspend the 2009 season subject to agreement and cooperation with the Arena Football League Players Association while the League works on developing a long-term plan to improve its economic model.

The arenafootball2 league (af2), the official development league of the Arena Football League (AFL), will continue to operate as usual and will play in 2009 - the league's 10th anniversary season. The af2 operates entirely on its own and is not directly affected by the AFL's current situation. The af2 is supported by 25 team ownership groups that are personally and financially committed to operate in 2009, a sound and sensible economic structure, and a league office which operates efficiently.

"The Stockton Lightning is very much looking forward to the 2009 af2 season here at the Stockton Arena," said Lightning president Dan Chapman. "Arena Football fans throughout Northern California will still get to see the fast paced, hard-hitting action of arena football and we're looking forward to capturing many of them with these low cost ticket options for their entire family. We remain a proud member of the AFL family and want to reach out to as many fans as possible who are looking to quench their thirst of arena football this season in light of the unfortunate circumstances that occurred this week."

TICKET INFORMATION Season tickets for the 2009 Lightning regular season are on sale now. Season ticket holders enjoy savings off the game day walk-up price, merchandise discounts, access to premiere "Meet the Team" events, and much more! Information on special Lightning ticket packages, mini plans, group tickets and promotional nights will be announced soon.

The schedule features a weighed slate favoring fierce intra-division matchups, with the Lightning taking on fellow opponents 13 times from the National Conference's West Division. The Lightning open their fourth home campaign at Stockton Arena in a Week 4 matchup against Central Valley, starting at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, Apr. 18 at Stockton Arena.

In total, the Lightning will play 16 regular season games (8 home/8 away) this season. For the second straight season, the Lightning will play in the National Conference's West Division with the Boise Burn, Central Valley Coyotes, Spokane Shock and Tri-Cities Fever.

New to the schedule this year are opponents that the Lightning will face for the first time in team history. In Week 8, the Lightning host the Rio Grande Valley Dorados at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 16 at Stockton Arena, who enter their sixth season in the af2 and are a member of the Southwest Division of the National Conference. In the Week 18 finale, the Lightning host the Peoria Pirates on Friday, May 24 at 7:30 p.m.

The Lightning unveil their first Friday night home game in team history on Friday, June 12 against Spokane at 7:30 p.m. This will be the first of two Friday night games on the home schedule this season.

For the first time since he was the Lightning's inaugural head coach in 2006, the Lightning face former head coach Richard Davis and the Tri-Cities Fever in Davis' first return to Stockton on Saturday, June 6, when the Lightning and Fever are slated for a 7:00 p.m. kickoff.

The Lightning, have six players currently under contract for the 2009 season which includes returning WR Troy McBroom and DB Ruschard Dodd-Masters.

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