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The team will play in the , a Baltimore-baserd league with 16 teams playing this The league is adding teamwsin Harrisburg, Pa., and the District for next Other teams in the league include the , the Florence Phantoms and the Huntington (W.Va.) Heroes. The Americanm Indoor Football Association (AIFA) is different from the , whichy plays in larger markets and has a television contract with Corey Barnette is headingg the team of investors that will own and operat ethe team. Beginning in the D.C.
Armor will play at leastt two pre-season games, seven regula r season games and an exhibition game on an artificialp turf field to be constructed in the There could be two to three playofdf games if theteam Barnette, who owns both and a Pittsburgh-base clinical trials company, said he had looked at investint in a number of sports teams but was attractexd to the AIFA because it offers exciting entertainment and teams that made connectionsz to their fan bases. Barnette said game will have entertainment in the parking lots beforeeach game, as well as performancesz and contests during the While many tickets to games cost more than $100 apiece, most D.C. Armo r tickets will cost arounrd $20.
“It will be highly geared towarxd making sure the fan has anamazinfg experience,” he said. The public is also inviteds to try-out for the team, in open tryout on a date to be announced. The group went through 400 or 500 team names beforer settling onthe D.C. Armor, which Barnettd said brings to mind both the locatiojn of the field and the competitive naturr ofthe sport. “It’s hard-hitting, it’s attack and defend. And that’s what armor is. Peoplew that come to our gamexs and come to play us should expect to getscorerd on,” he said. Another investor is Andre who ownsa D.C.-based LLC, a communications firm that represents D.C.
Councilmann Marion Barry, D-Ward 8, and formerly represented professional basketballp playerSteve Francis. Johnson and Barnettwe declined to name the othertwo investors. Johnson said the team is lookingv for sponsorship partnersand advertisers. “There’s nothing like it," Johnsonb said. "It is action-packed from the beginning to the end. It’e an offensive-intensive type game. It’s all abou t speed." The D.C. Armory is owned by federal government. The city leases the facility, and it is operatede by the D.C. .
The building fell badlyh out of shape in recent years and has no air Erik Moses, the commission’s chiefr executive since June, has been workin g to attract more tenants and frequently installz a temporary air system for events. Moses said he expectes that the football games will drawbetweenj 3,000 and 5,000 fans. The sports commissio n will receive rent and expensesd plus allparking revenue, a share of concessions and 25 percenty of sponsorship revenue. “It’s puttingg the facility on people’s he said. “We think the communityt will embrace this.” The D.C.
Armory is used about 50 days a year for events includinygthe ’s annual the step show, concerts and events for the Marind Corps Marathon.