North American Lacrosse League

North American Lacrosse League

Current season or competition: 2012 North American Lacrosse League season
NALL logo
Sport	Indoor lacrosse
Founded	2011
Inaugural season	2012
No. of teams	5
Country(ies)	United States
Official website	NorthAmericanLacrosseLeague.com

The North American Lacrosse League (NALL) is a men's professional indoor lacrosse league based in the United States, set to begin play in January 2012. The league will be North America's third professional lacrosse league, after Major League Lacrosse (a field lacrosse league) and the National Lacrosse League (the established professional indoor lacrosse organization). Similar to the NLL but unlike other lacrosse leagues that play in the summer, the NALL will play its games in the winter and spring. The league has announced it does not intend to compete with the NLL, but will serve alternate markets where the NLL has no presence.^[1]

Currently, five teams have announced they will be playing in the NALL's inaugural season: these are the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Shamrocks,^[2] the Charlotte Copperheads,^[3] the Jacksonville Bullies,^[4] Kentucky Stickhorses, and the Hershey Haymakers.^[5][6]

History

The league was announced in 2011, with the intention of starting play in January 2012. According to Sports Business Journal, the league once sought to become an official developmental league for the established National Lacrosse League, but the plan was rejected.^[1] As of August 2011, it plans to field five teams in cities outside the NLL's market area for its inaugural season. Teams will play twelve games, six home and six away, as well as two exhibition games.^[6] The United States and Ireland national teams are mentioned in the introductory press release as opponents for the exhibition games.^[7]

Teams

Current teams

Team	City	Arena (Capacity)
Charlotte Copperheads	Charlotte, North Carolina	Bojangles' Coliseum (9,605)
Hershey Haymakers	Hershey, Pennsylvania	Giant Center (10,500)
Jacksonville Bullies	Jacksonville, Florida	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (15,000)
Kentucky Stickhorses	Lousiville, Kentucky	Freedom Hall (17,062)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Shamrocks	Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza (8,350)

See also

• National Lacrosse League, A professional men's indoor lacrosse in North America
• Canadian Lacrosse League
• Major Series Lacrosse
• Western Lacrosse Association
• Major League Lacrosse, the professional men's field lacrosse league in North America
• List of professional sports teams in the United States and Canada

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Lefton, Terry (May 9, 2011). "Third U.S. lacrosse league in the works". Sports Business Journal. http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2011/05/09/Leagues-and-Governing-Bodies/Lacrosse-league.aspx. Retrieved August 2, 2011. 
2. ^ http://www.northamericanlacrosseleague.com/splash.cfm?go=article&id=441
3. ^ http://www.northamericanlacrosseleague.com/splash.cfm?go=article&id=499
4. ^ http://www.northamericanlacrosseleague.com/splash.cfm?go=article&id=557
5. ^ http://kentuckystickhorses.com/index.cfm?go=news&id=4867
6. ^ ^{a b} Don Coble (August 4, 2011). "Jacksonville lands pro lacrosse franchise". The Florida Times-Union. http://jacksonville.com/sports/2011-08-04/story/jacksonville-lands-pro-lacrosse-franchise. Retrieved August 8, 2011. 
7. ^ http://www.northamericanlacrosseleague.com/splash.cfm?go=page&show=about

External links

• Official NALL website