TexasTerror
February 16th, 2010, 10:09 PM
Latest news is that the New York franchise is moving to Hartford, Conn.
The speculation is finally over. Hartford will have a professional football team beginning this fall. In an announcement made this morning at Rentschler Field in East Hartford—which will be home for the team—officials from the United Football League (UFL) along with Governor Jodi Rell announced that the New York Sentinels, one of the four charter teams in the USL’s initial voyage in 2009, will be relocating to the Hartford area for the upcoming season.
Word is that the Bay Area team in California will move to Sacramento and that San Antonio is probably one of the favorites for expansion. The league is planning to play 10 games next year, so they probably want to get to six teams soon, so each can play 5 home/5 away.
The league, which is still mulling a two-team expansion for the upcoming season, also operates teams in Orlando, Las Vegas and the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose area. The latter team is expected to move from the Bay Area to Sacramento in the near future. Cities expected to receive prime consideration for expansion include San Antonio; Omaha; Salt Lake City; Louisville; Portland, Ore.; Los Angeles; and Mexico City. All fit into the UFL’s mantra: Locate in markets under-served by the NFL.
Credit: The Examiner (http://www.examiner.com/x-28793-Hartford-Sports-Examiner~y2010m2d16-Its-official--Connecticut-now-in-the-United-Football-League)
The speculation is finally over. Hartford will have a professional football team beginning this fall. In an announcement made this morning at Rentschler Field in East Hartford—which will be home for the team—officials from the United Football League (UFL) along with Governor Jodi Rell announced that the New York Sentinels, one of the four charter teams in the USL’s initial voyage in 2009, will be relocating to the Hartford area for the upcoming season.
Word is that the Bay Area team in California will move to Sacramento and that San Antonio is probably one of the favorites for expansion. The league is planning to play 10 games next year, so they probably want to get to six teams soon, so each can play 5 home/5 away.
The league, which is still mulling a two-team expansion for the upcoming season, also operates teams in Orlando, Las Vegas and the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose area. The latter team is expected to move from the Bay Area to Sacramento in the near future. Cities expected to receive prime consideration for expansion include San Antonio; Omaha; Salt Lake City; Louisville; Portland, Ore.; Los Angeles; and Mexico City. All fit into the UFL’s mantra: Locate in markets under-served by the NFL.
Credit: The Examiner (http://www.examiner.com/x-28793-Hartford-Sports-Examiner~y2010m2d16-Its-official--Connecticut-now-in-the-United-Football-League)