2023 National Arena League season

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2023 NAL season
LeagueNational Arena League
SportArena football
Number of teams7
NAL seasons
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The 2023 National Arena League season is scheduled to be the sixth season of the National Arena League (NAL).[1] The league is scheduled to have seven teams play, all of which are located in the Eastern area of the United States of America. In July 2022, the league announced a expansion team that will play for this season, in which the team will play in Fayetteville, North Carolina as the Fayetteville Mustangs.[2][3]

Teams

As of January 2023, there are seven teams in the National Arena League.

Teams Location Arena Capacity Founded Joined Head Coach
Albany Empire Albany, New York MVP Arena[4] 13,000[5] 2020 2021 Tom Menas
Carolina Cobras Greensboro, North Carolina[6] Greensboro Coliseum Complex[7][8] 5,000[7] 2018[8] 2018 Josh Resignalo
Fayetteville Mustangs[9] Fayetteville, North Carolina Cumberland County Crown Coliseum[2] 8,500 2022 2023 Charles Gunnings
Jacksonville Sharks Jacksonville, Florida VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena[10] 15,000 2009 2017 Siaha Burley
Orlando Predators Orlando, Florida Amway Center 20,000 2019 2019 Jeff Higgins
San Antonio Gunslingers San Antonio, Texas Freeman Coliseum[11] Unknown 2020 2021[12] Fred Shaw[13]
West Texas Warbirds[9] Odessa, Texas[14] Ector County Coliseum[15] 8,000[16][17] 2019[18] 2023 Tate Smith[19][20]

Debut of Fayetteville Mustangs

Inside Crown Coliseum in April 2017, where the Mustangs will play.[9]

In the 2022 National Arena League season, the NAL stated that they planned to have a seventh team based in Fayetteville, North Carolina to join the league, and that they will have the team name and logo during the off season.[2][3] In August 2022, the NAL announced that the new team will be named the Fayetteville Mustangs and that they will play this year.[9]

Expansion of the West Texas Warbirds

In August 2022, the NAL announced that they will add the West Texas Warbirds, a team that previously played in the Arena Football Association (AFA).[21]

Removal of the Columbus Lions

In December 2022, it was announced that the league had discontinued the membership of the Columbus Lions, who was a founding member of the NAL.[22] The team will now play in the American Indoor Football Alliance (AIFA).[23]

References

  1. ^ "About the NAL - National Arena League". www.nationalarenaleague.com. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
  2. ^ a b c Rubel, Abigail (2022-07-14). "National Arena League announces expansion team". Times Union. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
  3. ^ a b "National Arena League Announces Expansion Team for 2023". OurSports Central. 2022-07-14. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
  4. ^ Singelais, Mark (2021-12-22). "Albany Empire's 2022 schedule is announced". Times Union. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
  5. ^ "MVP Arena". www.albany.org. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
  6. ^ "Carolina Cobras - Indoor/Arena Football on OurSports Central". www.oursportscentral.com. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
  7. ^ a b "Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center". Greensboro Convention and Visitors Bureau. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
  8. ^ a b "Carolina Cobras Arena Football". Greensboro Convention and Visitors Bureau. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
  9. ^ a b c d "News: Expansion Team Reveals Logo and Name - National Arena League". www.nationalarenaleague.com. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
  10. ^ "Jacksonville Sharks". Downtown Jacksonville. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
  11. ^ Ramirez, Daniel Villanueva, Mark Mendez, Larry (2022-04-22). "The San Antonio Gunslingers are headed to Freeman Coliseum". KSAT. Retrieved 2022-07-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ Rachuk, Stephan (2021-11-11). "NAL Announces San Antonio Gunslingers as Expansion Franchise". XFL Newsroom. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
  13. ^ "Staff - San Antonio Gunslingers". www.sanantoniogunslingers.com. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
  14. ^ "HIGHLIGHTS: Warbirds finish another undefeated championship season". Yourbasin. 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
  15. ^ Aguirre, Priscilla (2022-07-20). "VIDEO: Brawl at West Texas indoor football game spills into stands". mySA. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
  16. ^ www.cvent.com https://www.cvent.com/venues/en-US/odessa/special-event-venue/ector-county-coliseum/venue-5dde3486-f5be-46e3-9da6-57651b4e58be. Retrieved 2022-08-28. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. ^ "Data view of Ector County Coliseum from United States - Sports Stadiums & Arenas dataset". rlist.io. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
  18. ^ "Professional Indoor Football Coming to West Texas in 2020". OurSports Central. 2019-10-02. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
  19. ^ "Coaching Staff | Warbirds Football". warbirdfootball.com. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
  20. ^ "Warbirds introduce Tate Smith as head coach". 2021-05-12. Archived from the original on 2021-05-12. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
  21. ^ Association, Arena Football. "Sponsors And Investors See Ground-Floor Opportunities With The Expansion Of Arena Football Association". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  22. ^ "NAL DISCONTINUES MEMBERSHIP OF THE COLUMBUS LIONS". National Arena League. July 14, 2022.
  23. ^ "News: Lions Join Regional Arena League - Columbus Lions Arena Football". www.columbuslions.net. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
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