Takers get arena
March 13, 2007 - American Basketball Association (ABA)
Houston Takers News Release
It's official after an extensive meeting that concluded 3:45 pm on Monday evening that the Houston Takers has just gotten the ok that they will have there own home facility. Howard Judah along with some other investors through SNL Business Group will lease the new sports arena to the Houston Takers through the 2012 season.
"It's been a long time coming but we finally got in front of the right people who think like I do" stated Larry Leonard. "This year everything happened that could happen and we sill made it through. I knew that it was people watching me to see if I was going to fail this year but we made it and now this is a blessing from God."
The location will be disclosed at a later date and the naming rights of the facility will be named later as well.
"Every since we been discussing the plans, there have been alot of corporate sponsors giving us ideas on the naming rights issue but that's up to Howard Judah and the investors" stated Larry Leonard.
There are some other plans that the young owner has up his sleeves but wouldn't go into detail as of yet.
"This will open alot of doors for the ABA and also for the Houston market, let's just say that I have an INTENSE thought in my head that I hope will come to fruition".
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