Albany Arena Football Deal Inches Closer

Wednesday, May 20th, 2015

The return of arena football to the Albany Civic Center inched closer Tuesday as the Albany City Commission discussed details of a proposed contract with the local 340 Creative Group to bring an X-League team to the city.

And while the once-, twice-, three-times burned commissioners admitted to being wary of any agreement that left them in danger of dishing out taxpayer money to keep the popular sport afloat, they were obviously leaning toward approving the contract that would allow the South Georgia Heat to begin play at the Civic Center in March of 2016.

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