The United Football League (UFL) announced today that it has selected the City of Omaha for the league’s first expansion franchise team. The UFL’s goal is to play its first season in Omaha in the fall of 2010 at Rosenblatt Stadium, and move to TD Ameritrade Park in 2011.
“I am pleased to welcome the United Football League to our great City,” Mayor Suttle said. “It comes as no surprise that the league was impressed by what Omaha has to offer and I am confident they will not be disappointed.”
The UFL also announced today that former Boston College head coach Jeff Jagodzinski will coach the team and will select its players for the Omaha roster in an expansion draft on Friday, April 16th.
The Omaha team will face opponents home and away, including: the Florida Tuskers, the Hartford Colonials, the Las Vegas Locos and the Sacramento Mountain Lions. The 2010 season is expected to run from early September to the week of Thanksgiving.
For more information on the United Football League, visit the league’s website.
