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>> Shanks, who also serves as Chair of the USFL BOD, said that the league will continue to have its league office in Birmingham, where it has played all of its games this season. But the USFL’s eight teams will play out of between two and four markets next season, meaning each market will house multiple teams. Eventually, the plan is for all the teams to be in their home markets. “We’re talking to those cities now in terms of how many we’re going to be in locally,” Shanks said during a telephone interview over the weekend.
The league, which plays its inaugural championship game this weekend, will not expand the number of teams next season beyond eight, but it expects to add more teams by 2024
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Shanks said. “If anything, the success of season one makes me even more excited than we were before going into Season 2 and beyond."
The decision to embark on a second season is noteworthy, as several spring leagues, including the Alliance of American Football and two versions of the XFL, failed to make it past one year. A third version of the XFL is slated to launch next spring and compete with the USFL.
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2 to 4 markets? Hopefully the stadiums won't be too big. They might not have any choice in Pittsburgh and Tampa but 5 other cities have options outside NFL stadiums.
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Really hoping for 4 obviously. Seems like Birmingham and Philadelphia are the obvious ones. I'd guess Detroit and New Orleans if they do 4 cities.
I'd like to see:
Birmingham - Protective Stadium (47,100)
Philadelphia - Subaru Park (18,500) if possible, Franklin Field (52,958) or Lincoln Financial Field (69,879) if not
Detroit - Ford Field (65,000)
New Orleans - Yulman Stadium (30,000)
Philly is a weird one because there aren't any great options. Subaru Park would be nice but I just don't know if it's possible, especially for all 10 weeks, with the MLS team playing at the same time. Franklin Field is nice looking and a better size, but may be too old for the league. The Link would look as bad as Metlife did for the Guardians on TV.
Detroit only has Ford Field which is huge, but they could darken the upper deck like the Commanders and BattleHawks did with their domes in the AAF & XFL and it'd look alright.
Birmingham and New Orleans both have really good stadiums, assuming Tulane would let the league use Yulman.
I'd like to see:
Birmingham - Protective Stadium (47,100)
Philadelphia - Subaru Park (18,500) if possible, Franklin Field (52,958) or Lincoln Financial Field (69,879) if not
Detroit - Ford Field (65,000)
New Orleans - Yulman Stadium (30,000)
Philly is a weird one because there aren't any great options. Subaru Park would be nice but I just don't know if it's possible, especially for all 10 weeks, with the MLS team playing at the same time. Franklin Field is nice looking and a better size, but may be too old for the league. The Link would look as bad as Metlife did for the Guardians on TV.
Detroit only has Ford Field which is huge, but they could darken the upper deck like the Commanders and BattleHawks did with their domes in the AAF & XFL and it'd look alright.
Birmingham and New Orleans both have really good stadiums, assuming Tulane would let the league use Yulman.
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Detroit could go for Eastern Michigan's Stadium, which seats 30,000.SamTheRam28 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 1:19 pm Really hoping for 4 obviously. Seems like Birmingham and Philadelphia are the obvious ones. I'd guess Detroit and New Orleans if they do 4 cities.
I'd like to see:
Birmingham - Protective Stadium (47,100)
Philadelphia - Subaru Park (18,500) if possible, Franklin Field (52,958) or Lincoln Financial Field (69,879) if not
Detroit - Ford Field (65,000)
New Orleans - Yulman Stadium (30,000)
Philly is a weird one because there aren't any great options. Subaru Park would be nice but I just don't know if it's possible, especially for all 10 weeks, with the MLS team playing at the same time. Franklin Field is nice looking and a better size, but may be too old for the league. The Link would look as bad as Metlife did for the Guardians on TV.
Detroit only has Ford Field which is huge, but they could darken the upper deck like the Commanders and BattleHawks did with their domes in the AAF & XFL and it'd look alright.
Birmingham and New Orleans both have really good stadiums, assuming Tulane would let the league use Yulman.
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If they're saying 2-4, it's going to be 2.
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If they can do 4 hubs League will be in great shape next year attendance and social media marketing wise.4th&long wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 9:07 am https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/D ... n-Fox.aspx
>> Shanks, who also serves as Chair of the USFL BOD, said that the league will continue to have its league office in Birmingham, where it has played all of its games this season. But the USFL’s eight teams will play out of between two and four markets next season, meaning each market will house multiple teams. Eventually, the plan is for all the teams to be in their home markets. “We’re talking to those cities now in terms of how many we’re going to be in locally,” Shanks said during a telephone interview over the weekend.
The league, which plays its inaugural championship game this weekend, will not expand the number of teams next season beyond eight, but it expects to add more teams by 2024
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Here's my "hook or by crook" games in markets on the cheap pitch to the USFL 2023.
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Franklin Field hosts the Penn Relays the same weekend as the USFL opening weekend, so that might cause some problems.SamTheRam28 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 1:19 pm Really hoping for 4 obviously. Seems like Birmingham and Philadelphia are the obvious ones. I'd guess Detroit and New Orleans if they do 4 cities.
I'd like to see:
Birmingham - Protective Stadium (47,100)
Philadelphia - Subaru Park (18,500) if possible, Franklin Field (52,958) or Lincoln Financial Field (69,879) if not
Detroit - Ford Field (65,000)
New Orleans - Yulman Stadium (30,000)
Philly is a weird one because there aren't any great options. Subaru Park would be nice but I just don't know if it's possible, especially for all 10 weeks, with the MLS team playing at the same time. Franklin Field is nice looking and a better size, but may be too old for the league. The Link would look as bad as Metlife did for the Guardians on TV.
Detroit only has Ford Field which is huge, but they could darken the upper deck like the Commanders and BattleHawks did with their domes in the AAF & XFL and it'd look alright.
Birmingham and New Orleans both have really good stadiums, assuming Tulane would let the league use Yulman.
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Let's hope. But two hubs gives you enough games with home crowds for FOX and NBC, and they can hide the rest of the cable networks/Peacock.johnnyangryfuzzball wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 4:40 pm Probably, but the poor attendance in Birmingham for games not involving the Stallions—and only marginal improvement in Canton—may force their hand.
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