NLL N.Y. Titans Will Move To Orlando, Pending Vote By NLL BOG
The NLL N.Y. Titans "will move to Orlando, pending a vote by the league's board of governors," according to a source cited by Tim Sullivan of the N.Y. POST. A source indicated that the team, which has played in the N.Y. area the past three seasons, settled on Orlando "after months of negotiations following their 12-10 loss to Calgary in the Champions Cup game May 15." A "new Web site domain name -- orlandotitans.com -- was registered" to NLL Commissioner George Daniel on July 14. The Titans played home games at MSG and Prudential Center last season in front of "sparse crowds, yet the prevailing thought was that Newark might become their permanent home." But a source said that negotiations "didn't proceed as planned" with Prudential Center, and a "compromise rental fee -- one feasible to both parties -- could not be met." A source said that there were also talks with MSG, but they "met a similar fate." Another source said that the Titans "looked into the possibility of moving to Connecticut -- Hartford and Bridgeport." Sullivan wrote it "remains to be seen how Orlando ... will take to professional lacrosse in a down economic market." In the Titans' two postseason games this year, they "drew a combined total of just 10,522 for an average of 5,261." During the regular season, they averaged 4,692, "second worst in the league" (N.Y. POST, 7/25). Sources said that a BOG vote on the Titans' proposed move "has not been scheduled, but with the season approximately five months away, it's thought that things should be finalized shortly to allow the franchise adequate time to establish themselves in their new untapped pro lacrosse market" (NLLINSIDER.com, 7/24).
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