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The '''Birmingham Stallions (2022)''' is a planned professional football team which will represent [[Birmingham]] as one of eight teams in the United States Football League (USFL), with a planned launch in [[2022]]. | The '''Birmingham Stallions (2022)''' is a planned professional football team which will represent [[Birmingham]] as one of eight teams in the United States Football League (USFL), with a planned launch in [[2022]]. | ||
Revision as of 17:10, 22 November 2021
The Birmingham Stallions (2022) is a planned professional football team which will represent Birmingham as one of eight teams in the United States Football League (USFL), with a planned launch in 2022.
The USFL's name and trademarks were acquired from the defunct 1980s league which included the original Birmingham Stallions franchise owned by Marvin Warner. The new league is wholly owned by National Spring Football League Enterprises Co, LLC, headed by Brian Woods and partly owned by the Fox Sports Media Group. Fox and Fox Sports will serve as the league's lead broadcast outlets, with additional games aired on NBC and the USA Network.
The USFL is negotiating to play its entire inaugural 10-week season in Birmingham, with 40 regular season games and three playoff games held at Protective Stadium between April 15 and July 3, 2022. Under the agreement, the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex would not charge the league for use of Protective Stadium nor keep gate receipts, but would retain revenues from concessions and parking, as well as some advertising and premium seating sales. The league is negotiating a separate agreement with the Birmingham Park and Recreation Board for the use of Legion Field for practices and some games.
The Greater Birmingham Convention & Visitors Bureau voted on October 21 to contribute as much as $2 million to support the proposal. The City of Birmingham and Jefferson County Commission each agreed to allocate up to $500,000 toward the cost. Attorneys for FOX Sports told the Bureau that current plans for the 2023 season included keeping as many as 4 teams in Birmingham with four other sites hosting individual teams. In 2024 each team would be hosted in its own city.
References
- Johnson, Roy S. (October 18, 2021) "USFL, BJCC reach tentative MOA to bring relaunch season to Birmingham." The Birmingham News
- Johnson, Roy S. (October 21, 2021) "Convention bureau commits up to $2 million to support USFL ‘bubble’ in Birmingham." The Birmingham News
- Johnson, Roy S. (October 28, 2021) "USFL, BJCC ready to ‘finalize’ agreement to host inaugural season in Birmingham in spring 2022." The Birmingham News
External links
- USFL website