Arena Football Returning to Louisville

[TheDeuce]

Apparently Louisville is getting another arena football team. The games at Freedom Hall were always a blast, hopefully this league doesn't fold like the last one. 

[Jack of all Trades]

38 minutes ago, TheDeuce said:

Apparently Louisville is getting another arena football team. The games at Freedom Hall were always a blast, hopefully this league doesn't fold like the last one. 

You have any further information?  Would like to see if I could get my son involved in the kicking game.

[nkypete]

Too bad that the NKY team folded.  I look at the list of teams and I don't even see a viable regional rival for the Louisville Xtreme.  Here is the list of teams in the league from Wiki.

 

eam	Location	Arena	Capacity	Founded	Joined	Head coach
Arizona Rattlers	Phoenix, Arizona	Phoenix Suns Arena	18,422	1992	2017	Kevin Guy
Bismarck Bucks	Bismarck, North Dakota	Bismarck Event Center	10,100	2017	2019	Rod Miller
Duke City Gladiators	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Tingley Coliseum	9,286	2015	2020	Martino Theus
Frisco Fighters	Frisco, Texas	Comerica Center	3,500	2019	2020	Clint Dolezel
Green Bay Blizzard	Green Bay, Wisconsin	Resch Center	8,600	2003	2010	Corey Roberson
Iowa Barnstormers	Des Moines, Iowa	Wells Fargo Arena	15,181	1995	2015	Ameer Ismail
Louisville Xtreme	Louisville, Kentucky	Freedom Hall	18,865	2012	2021	Mark Stoute
Massachusetts Pirates	Worcester, Massachusetts	DCU Center	12,339	2017	2021	Patrick Pass
Northern Arizona Wranglers	Prescott Valley, Arizona	Findlay Toyota Center	6,000	2020	2021	Dominic Bramante
Sioux Falls Storm	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	Denny Sanford Premier Center	10,678	2000	2009	Kurtiss Riggs
Spokane Shock	Spokane, Washington	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	10,771	2006	2020	Billy Back
Tucson Sugar Skulls	Tucson, Arizona	Tucson Convention Center	8,962	2018	2019	Dixie Wooten

[TheDeuce]

1 hour ago, Jack of all Trades said:

You have any further information?  Would like to see if I could get my son involved in the kicking game.

Here's a link to their website: https://louxtreme.com/index.aspx

[sportsfan41]

Seems like a poor/hard time to be bringing a team to a new area.  In almost any sport, in almost any city right now.

[theguru]

10 minutes ago, sportsfan41 said:

Seems like a poor/hard time to be bringing a team to a new area.  In almost any sport, in almost any city right now.

Which is in part why you have to give the ownership a lot of credit. 

[Jack of all Trades]

2 hours ago, TheDeuce said:

Here's a link to their website: https://louxtreme.com/index.aspx

Thanks.  I was able to send the GM a message via email.

[theguru]

16 minutes ago, Jack of all Trades said:

Thanks.  I was able to send the GM a message via email.

Please let us know what you find out JOAT. 

[Jack of all Trades]

1 hour ago, theguru said:

Please let us know what you find out JOAT. 

I will do that.  Just looking for that opportunity.

[OlDog75]

Back in the day, I enjoyed the Cincinnati Rockers.  N KY River Monsters weren't bad either.

[Colonels_Wear_Blue]

On 2/19/2021 at 11:10 AM, TheDeuce said:

Apparently Louisville is getting another arena football team. The games at Freedom Hall were always a blast, hopefully this league doesn't fold like the last one. 

I always felt like the leagues folded almost as often as teams seem to. Are there any arena leagues that have made it for any real length of time?

[rjs4470]

13 hours ago, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

I always felt like the leagues folded almost as often as teams seem to. Are there any arena leagues that have made it for any real length of time?

The original AFL ran for over 20 years, launching in the late 80’s until it folded in 2008.

[HoopJunkie]

I hope it works. But it most likely won’t. The first couple games will have good attendance because people will want to see the old UL and UK players that didn’t make it in the league. Then they’ll realize that it’s a glorified men’s league and quit going. I give it 2 seasons at best. Not trying to sound negative. But it’s happened numerous times. Why would now be any different?

[TheDeuce]

28 minutes ago, HoopJunkie said:

I hope it works. But it most likely won’t. The first couple games will have good attendance because people will want to see the old UL and UK players that didn’t make it in the league. Then they’ll realize that it’s a glorified men’s league and quit going. I give it 2 seasons at best. Not trying to sound negative. But it’s happened numerous times. Why would now be any different?

I tend to agree. It's a really cool sport IMO, but it will never garner the attention needed to keep it going again long term. 

[THUNDERBIRDS]

I remember watching the Cincinnati Rockers play in Tropicana Field in St Pete. We just so happen to be Vacationing in the Area and caught the game too. Good luck to everyone involved.