AFL Communications
CLEVELAND –
The Arena Football League will add a new franchise in 2015, as AFL
Commissioner Jerry B. Kurz announced the addition of the “Las Vegas
Outlaws” at ArenaBowl XXVII Media Day in Cleveland on Friday. The
Outlaws will be owned by rock star Vince Neil, lead singer of the rock
band Mötley Crüe.
“The
opportunity came up to bring a franchise to Las Vegas and that’s where
I’m from,” Neil said in a video statement at Media Day. “Every guy wants
to be an ‘outlaw’, so why not give them the Outlaws?”
“Las
Vegas is a market that has always been in our plans,” Commissioner Kurz
said. “It was just a matter of finding the right ownership group. We
believe Vince Neil and his partners are that group and we could not be
more excited to now be able to bring Arena Football back to our great
fans in Las Vegas.”
This
will be the third AFL team to call Las Vegas home. The League first
came to the city in 1994 with the Las Vegas Sting. The New Jersey
Gladiators also relocated to Las Vegas in 2003 and stayed until 2007
when they moved to Cleveland. The Cleveland Gladiators, who set an AFL record with 17 regular season wins in 2014, will host the Arizona Rattlers in ArenaBowl XXVII this Saturday night at 8:00 p.m. ET on ESPN.
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