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The Albany Empire were a professional indoor football team based in Albany, New York. They were members of the National Arena League from 2021 to 2023 and played home games at MVP Arena . They are named after the defunct Arena Football League (AFL) team of the same name that won the last ArenaBowl before the AFL folded.
The 2023 National Arena League season was the sixth season of the National Arena League (NAL). [1] The league started the season with seven teams following the additions of the expansion team, the Fayetteville Mustangs, [2] [3] and the West Texas Warbirds joining from the Arena Football Association, while the Columbus Lions left the league following the previous season.
The National Arena League (NAL) is a professional indoor football league that began play in 2017. As of the end of the 2024 season, the league consisted of five teams. A team's typical payroll budget is $600,000 per season, [1] but as of the 2022 season, there is no salary cap limit. [2]
June 15, 2023 at 8:19 PM. Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown (81) warms up before an NFL preseason football game against the Houston Texans Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021, in Houston ...
at Albany Empire W 55-53 3-0 MVP Arena: 4 Bye: 5 May 7 at Fayetteville Mustanges W 40-27 4-0 Crown Coliseum: 6 Bye: 7 May 20 at West Texas Warbirds: W 38-36 5-0 Ector County Coliseum: 8 May 28 Jacksonville Sharks L 43-70 5-1 Freeman Coliseum 9 June 4 at Orlando Predators: W 44-33 6-1 Freeman Coliseum 10 Bye: 11 June 17 West Texas Warbirds W 55 ...
On May 5, 2023, Rivers signed with the Albany Empire of the National Arena League (NAL). [19] Two days later, Rivers was released by the Empire. Career statistics
Like so many dynasties before it, the fall of the Albany Empire began with a slide into the DMs. On February 21, the Arena Football League’s official account posted classic 1990s highlights of ...
After the Antonio Brown fiasco, Bob Belber, general manager of the arena, stated that New York's exceptionally high worker's compensation premium, running around $1,500,000, a full order of magnitude higher than other indoor squads, was the main factor in the NAL Empire's sale to Brown and its collapse, and the primary reason the Empire was not included among the inaugural teams in the 2024 ...