List of team names for hockey narrowed to 3

Published on July 23, 2004 under International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Kansas City Outlaws News Release


The new Kansas City UHL expansion franchise has analyzed 7092 entries from the Kansas City Star's "Name the Team Contest" and narrowed the search to three names: EXPRESS, OUTLAWS, and TWISTERS. The final team name will be officially announced on Wednesday, July 28 at 6 p.m. at The Granfallon on the Plaza (608 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, MO). The general public is invited to attend the announcement at no charge.

Wednesday's announcement will include the fans who entered Express, Outlaws, and Twisters through the "Name the Team Contest" from Friday, July 9 to Sunday, July 18 at www.kansascity.com and mail-in letters. Of the hockey fans that picked the chosen name, one winner will be decided at the announcement and win season tickets for life to all home games.

The team's management along with Global Spectrum, the facility management company for Kemper Arena and the American Royal Center, sorted through the names and narrowed the search to three based on creativity, marketability, and fan-appeal.

The soon-to-be-named hockey franchise will play their home opener against the Missouri River Otters on Friday, October 15 at Kemper Arena.

Season tickets to the UHL franchise at Kemper Arena ranging from $10 to $13.50 per game are on sale now. For ticket information call (816) 513-4400. Single game tickets at $10, $15, and $18 go on sale to the public on Monday, September 13. For more information, visit www.KemperArenaKC.com.

Global Spectrum (global-spectrum.com), the fastest growing firm in the public assembly facility management field with more than 35 facilities throughout the United States and Canada, manages the 18,000-seat Kemper Arena. The Philadelphia-based company is part of one of the world's largest sports and entertainment conglomerates Comcast-Spectacor, which also owns the Wachovia Center and Wachovia Spectrum, the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League, the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association, the Philadelphia Phantoms of the American Hockey League, Flyers Skate Zone, a series of community ice skating rinks, Comcast SportsNet, a regional sports programming network, three minor league baseball teams - the Bowie Baysox, the Delmarva Shorebirds and the Frederick Keys - all affiliates of the Baltimore Orioles, Ovations Food Services, a food and beverage services provider, and Patron Solutions, a full-service ticketing and marketing product for public assembly facilities.

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