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X-LaX

Oct 9 2008, 11:58 PM

The NLL has had its eye on South Florida for some time, and now they're about to take that market for a test drive:

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(Sunrise, Florida)--The National Lacrosse League (NLL), North America's professional indoor lacrosse league and the top professional league in the sport of lacrosse, has announced details surrounding the first-ever professional lacrosse game to be played in the state of Florida. On January 3, 2009, the New York Titans will face the Toronto Rock in a regular season game at Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise, FL. BankAtlantic Center is the home of the National Hockey League's Florida Panthers. The game will also be known as the Florida Lacrosse Cup. Gametime for the Saturday contest is scheduled for 8pm ET.

More on the event here, including an interview with one of the event's organizers, a former MILL/NLL player who's part of the prospective ownership group for a Miami-area expansion team. He even gives a shout-out to a certain team here up north as a role model for the would-be new club's development.

McSwarmFan

Oct 10 2008, 06:33 AM

That is pretty high praise for what MSE did to get this franchise off the ground. Working with the arena to promote the team is right out of the Swarm playbook.

Tom Ryan the coach at Boston along with his GM also using large bits of the team formation playbook for their team development. Although it's no secrete that they are trying to go the US player route a little more heavily.

QUOTE (X-LaX @ Oct 10 2008, 12:58 AM)

The NLL has had its eye on South Florida for some time, and now they're about to take that market for a test drive:

More on the event here, including an interview with one of the event's organizers, a former MILL/NLL player who's part of the prospective ownership group for a Miami-area expansion team. He even gives a shout-out to a certain team here up north as a role model for the would-be new club's development.

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