IFL Archives - Team Marketing Report https://teammarketing.com/league/ifl/ Actionable, measurable fan-centric sports business insights Fri, 13 Dec 2019 21:03:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 Indoor Football League https://teammarketing.com/profiles/indoor-football-league/ Fri, 13 Dec 2019 21:03:32 +0000 https://teammarketing.com/?post_type=tmr_profile&p=9126 The Indoor Football League (IFL) is a professional indoor football league created in 2008 out of the merger between the Intense Football League and United Indoor Football. The IFL began play with the 2009 season and has operated continuously under the same name and corporate structure longer than any other active indoor football league. The league traces its roots back to 2003, when two Texas businessmen created the six-team Intense Football League. Over five seasons the league grew from six to ten teams. Meanwhile, in 2004, several veteran team operators in the Midwest . . . To read the most … Continued

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]]> San Diego Strike Force https://teammarketing.com/profiles/san-diego-strike-force/ Mon, 02 Dec 2019 16:26:48 +0000 https://teammarketing.com/?post_type=tmr_profile&p=11541 The San Diego Strike Force are an Indoor Football League (IFL) team based in San Diego, Calif., and playing home games at Pechanga Arena (opened Nov 17, 1966 as San Diego International Sports Center, then San Diego Sports Arena, iPayOne Center and Valley View Casino Center; IFL capacity: 12,000) The team joined the IFL as an expansion team for the 2019 season and are owned by Roy Choi, Greg Anderson and Ryan Eucher. Choi is also owner of the IFL's Cedar Rapids River Kings

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]]> Quad City Steamwheelers https://teammarketing.com/profiles/quad-city-steamwheelers/ Mon, 02 Dec 2019 15:53:50 +0000 http://teammarketing.com/quad-city-steamwheelers The Quad City Steamwheelers are an Indoor Football League (IFL) team playing home games at Taxslayer Center (opened May 28, 1993, as MARK of the Quad Cities, then iWireless Center July 19, 2007-Sep 30, 2017; IFL capacity: 9,200) in downtown Moline, Ill. Team offices are located across the Mississippi River in Bettendorf, Iowa. This is the second iteration of the Steamwheelers. The first was formed Sep 1, 1999, by Arena Football League and af2 founder Jim Foster as an af2 team. The team competed in all 10 seasons of af2 . . . To read the most recent two months … Continued

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]]> Spokane Shock https://teammarketing.com/profiles/spokane-shock/ Mon, 02 Dec 2019 00:16:00 +0000 http://teammarketing.com/spokane-shock The Spokane Shock are an Indoor Football League (IFL) expansion team beginning play with the 2020 IFL season. The Shock play home games at Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena in downtown Spokane, Wash. In 2019, an ownership group led by former NFL All-Pro Sam Adams purchased an IFL franchise and acquired the original Spokane Shock intellectual property. Adams previously owned multiple Indoor Football franchises during his 14-year NFL career. The original Shock were founded in 2005 as an af2 expansion franchise, beginning play with the 2006 season. They moved to the Arena . . . To read the most recent two … Continued

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]]> Iowa Barnstormers https://teammarketing.com/profiles/iowa-barnstormers/ Sun, 01 Dec 2019 23:38:37 +0000 http://teammarketing.com/iowa-barnstormers The Iowa Barnstormers are an Indoor Football League (IFL) team based in Des Moines, Iowa. The original Barnstormers were an Arena Football League (AFL) expansion team that began play with the 1995 season at Veterans Auditorium. Following the 2000 season, the Barnstormers franchise was sold to the NHL New York Islanders ownership group, led by Charles Wang and Sanjay Kumar. Looking for a newer arena in a larger market, they moved Des Moines to Long Island, N.Y., as the renamed New York Dragons. That was not the end of . . . To read the most recent two months of … Continued

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]]> Green Bay Blizzard https://teammarketing.com/profiles/green-bay-blizzard/ Sun, 01 Dec 2019 22:35:24 +0000 http://teammarketing.com/green-bay-blizzard The Green Bay Blizzard are an Indoor Football League (IFL) team based in Green Bay, Wisc., and playing home games at the Resch Center (f.k.a. Time Warner Cable Theatre; opened Aug 24, 2002; indoor football capacity: 8,600) on the border of Green Bay and Ashwaubenon, Wisc. The Blizzard began play in 2003 as an expansion team in the now-defunct Arena Football League's af2. Following the 2009 season and reorganization of the AFL and af2 in 2010, the Blizzard moved to the IFL. The team is owned by Kathy . . . To read the most recent two months of TMR … Continued

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