FIRE
ATTENDANCE HIGHEST AMONGST LEAGUE
Louisville, KY-“Louisville
Fire fans are the best in the league,” stated
President/Fire General Manager Dave Berryman
after the Fire’s season opener.
With the Louisville Cardinal
basketball team playing in the NCAA tournament
and the Mid-American Truck Show taking place
at the Kentucky Fair and Expo Center, Louisville
Fire fans attendance set the mark for the
first week of the season. An astonishing
11,444 fans cheered on the Fire to a 58-28
romping of the Iowa Barnstormers in the
season opener.
Team
Attendance |
| Louisville Fire |
11,444 |
| Green Bay Blizzard |
5,117 |
| Tulsa Talons |
4,502 |
| Tennessee Valley Vipers |
4,302 |
| Austin Wranglers |
4,158 |
| Tri-Cities Fever |
4,200 |
| Bossier-Schreveport Battlewings |
4,135 |
| Mahoning Valley Thunder |
3,735 |
| Lexington Horsemen |
3,519 |
| Texas Copperheads |
3,337 |
| Quad City Steamwheelers |
3,288 |
Fire fans more than doubled
the next highest attendance, which was Green
Bay with (5,117). Spokane was the leading
attendance holder last year and has been
for the last couple years. Berryman, states,
“This year Fire tickets will not be out
sold. We are going to prove that we have
the best fans across the league, and they
aren’t afraid to show it.”
Louisville Fire attendance
for Saturday’s game was higher than three
teams in the AFL, the league that the Fire
intend on moving to when the new arena is
completed. Those were the Colorado Crush
(10,350), Grand Rapids Rampage (5,818),
and New York Dragons (8,216).
Coach Tommy Johnson said,
“It is an impressive sight to see that many
fans in the seats for the season opener;
I just hope that it continues throughout
the season. With that kind of support at
each of our games, home and away, our players
will feel like they are playing at Freedom
Hall every game.”
The Louisville Fire’s next
home game is against the Quad City Steamwheelers
on April 11, 2008. Season tickets for the
2008 Fire season are still on sale and can
be purchased by calling 502.368.0009 today.
Season tickets packages begin at $63.
