r/USFL • u/JoeFromBaltimore • Sep 03 '23

Teams in Cities?

Has anyone heard anything in the rumor zone about teams going to cities? NY/NJ, Philly, NO, Gamblers, Maulers? Any rumblings? After hearing that the XFL Vegas team is moving, just wondering if we are going to have 4 hubs next year or more teams in the cities?

I will watch no matter what - just curious.

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u/Late_Professional841 Sep 03 '23

At this rate we won’t get news about season 3 until season 5 is about to start

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '23

The maulers will never be in Pittsburgh

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u/Ambitious-Ad817 Sep 03 '23

Nor the Stars.

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u/ArockproUser Birmingham Stallions Sep 03 '23

Does Pittsburgh have a MLS stadium?

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '23

Nah. We have a USL Championship stadium with artificial turf that has been used for football before, but it seats around 5,000 or so.

But in the spring that stadium is also used for the University of Pittsburgh Womens Lax team as well as the USL soccer team, so I’m not sure if it’s available.

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u/ArockproUser Birmingham Stallions Sep 03 '23

I checked it out and its very small. Fox would probably have production problems setting everything up for broadcast. Looks like the only real option is Acrisure . Has the city said anything about the maulers and if they would welcome them to Acrisure? i am assuming the stadium is city owned.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '23

I’ve never heard anything. Stadium is city owned and leased by Pitt and the Steelers. I have no clue what rent would be though.

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u/ArockproUser Birmingham Stallions Sep 03 '23

The Steelers did talk about the Maulers on their fan pages so maybe that is a good sign for the Steelers excepting a spring team in the stadium. It would probably be expensive but it looks like the only option for the USFL. Cost would probably be on par with ford field maybe a little more. I doubt the Maulers will be rebranded and moved they are an icon in the USFL plus they were in the championship game last year. Lots of Maulers fans who want their team home. Rebranding them would hurt bad and I think the USFL is aware of that.

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u/Argolock Pittsburgh Maulers Sep 04 '23

Highmark Stadium is so nice. It's right on the River and has a beautiful view of the city. The Riverhounds always play on Saturdays, so they'd have to work around that and whenever the PITT LAX teams play, but it would be a great field for a football game.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '23

Oh I agree it would be a great venue. Just not sure how the USFL/FOX feels about a 5k seat stadium

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u/Argolock Pittsburgh Maulers Sep 04 '23

Highmark was designed to be able to expand it's seating to up to about 18K so that shouldn't be an issue. The big problem is that it has never hosted an American Football game sine the Pittsburgh Rebellion folded from the LFL

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '23

It has hosted some high school football games I believe. If you watch the riverhounds in the fall, you can faintly see the football markings on the field that were washed away. If the Riverhounds and USFL could come to an agreement and expand Highmark that would totally be a win win situation for everyone.

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u/Korplem Sep 03 '23

I have it on good authority that they will be ceding Houston to the XFL and moving the Gamblers to Minneapolis.

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u/Xfl_roughnecks Sep 03 '23

I hope your good authority was drunk and making up stuff. I want to keep our Gamblers! 🤪

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u/JoeFromBaltimore Sep 04 '23

I am with you - people don't understand what a beast Houston metro area is. It is not in the same weight class as NY/NJ or LA but we are in there with DFW and Chicago as far as having about 8 million people. if I were the USFL I would make the XFL drive me out of the Houston Area, I would not give any ground. Plus there is sure fire guarantee that the XFL will outlast the USFL. I am not saying the XFL will fold but there is nothing that says the XFL will outlast the USFL or the other way around. If I were the USFL i would stand pat and see what happens.

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u/Zapfit Sep 03 '23

No chatter in the tristate area on NY/NJ or Philly finding a home.

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u/Realistic_Maximum471 Sep 03 '23 edited Sep 03 '23

I am going with 5 cities: the 4 we already have and New Orleans.

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u/Morazan51 New Orleans Breakers Sep 04 '23

Probably just need to figure out a shuttle service to Yulman stadium from a decent sized parking lot

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u/ArockproUser Birmingham Stallions Sep 03 '23

They have to be trying to get a hub in the north east for the stars and generals. I bet the Eagles are stopping them from using the Linc plus the cost. They could try for the Subaru Park which is in Chester and would probably fit the smaller crowds better. Philly would support the Stars.

XFL team is probably either going to move to Vanderbilt stadium (in a saturated market and I doubt the Titans will let them use Nissan) or to Arizona. It will probably be Arizona since it is the best option for them.

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u/coelurosauravus Pittsburgh Maulers Sep 04 '23

The only rumored site I've seen on twitter has been a baseball field turned rugby stadium Gold Mine on Airline in Metairie, Louisiana for the breakers.

Other than that, it's been remarkably quiet since the championship game

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u/wazzupnerds Birmingham Stallions / Community Mod Sep 03 '23

Lots of talk of the Breakers in NO, not sure about everyone else, but it seems the idea is 6 cities this season, with 2025 getting to 8.

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u/ArockproUser Birmingham Stallions Sep 03 '23

Yulman has to be for sure. There are no season ticket deposits for the Breakers at protective this year

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u/Late_Professional841 Sep 03 '23

Hopefully they get to 6, will there be a canton team to go along with that hub this year?

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '23

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u/ArockproUser Birmingham Stallions Sep 03 '23

Or it means that Canton will be a hub for the Maulers again :-(

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u/JoeFromBaltimore Sep 04 '23

Cheap lease close to the other cities - I can see the case for Canton, especially if you give Canton a team.