Binghamton IFL team
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The Binghamton IFL team is the temporary name for a professional indoor football team due to begin play in the Indoor Football League
for its 2012 season. The team is based in Binghamton, New York
, with home games to be played at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
. Binghamton will play in the Atlantic Division of the IFL.
This team is the second indoor football team planned for Binghamton, hoping to be the first to actually kick off. A team called the Binghamton Brigadiers had planned to begin play in the American Indoor Football League
's 2006 season, but would not come to fruition in Broome County (eventually playing as the Syracuse Soldiers
, the team only played the 2006 season before folding).
Indoor Football League
The Indoor Football League began in 1999 as an offshoot of the troubled Professional Indoor Football League. Keary Ecklund, the owner of the Green Bay Bombers and Madison Mad Dogs, left the PIFL after its first, financially-troubled, season to start his own league. Unlike the PIFL, the IFL was an...
for its 2012 season. The team is based in Binghamton, New York
Binghamton, New York
Binghamton is a city in the Southern Tier of New York in the United States. It is near the Pennsylvania border, in a bowl-shaped valley at the confluence of the Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers...
, with home games to be played at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
The Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena is a 6,925 seat multi-purpose arena in Binghamton, New York. The Arena was completed in 1973, providing an entertainment venue for residents of the Greater Binghamton area. After decades of haggling over location, size, and design - it's rumored a college...
. Binghamton will play in the Atlantic Division of the IFL.
This team is the second indoor football team planned for Binghamton, hoping to be the first to actually kick off. A team called the Binghamton Brigadiers had planned to begin play in the American Indoor Football League
American Indoor Football League
American Indoor Football is a professional indoor football league that has gone through various incarnations since 2005.The AIFL began as a regional league with six franchises on the East Coast of the United States in 2005; after a rapid, and largely failed, expansion effort in 2006, most of the...
's 2006 season, but would not come to fruition in Broome County (eventually playing as the Syracuse Soldiers
Syracuse Soldiers
The Syracuse Soldiers was a 2006 expansion member of the American Indoor Football League. They played their home games at the War Memorial at Oncenter in Syracuse, New York until the AIFL ended their season on Friday, May 19, 2006....
, the team only played the 2006 season before folding).