[theNorthCoastKid]

Source: Arena Football will return to Cleveland in 2010
By Dennis Manoloff
December 07, 2009, 6:00PM

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Arena Football will return to Cleveland in 2010 with a team in Arena Football 1, a source close to the situation told The Plain Dealer tonight.

The team is expected to be nicknamed the Gladiators, and will begin play in April as part of a 15-team league.

The source said the franchise will be owned by Jim Ferraro, who owned the Cleveland Gladiators of the Arena Football League in 2008. In their only season in Cleveland, the Gladiators made the playoffs. The AFL suspended operations after the 2008 season and eventually disbanded.

Ferraro, reached by phone, declined comment.

A news conference will be scheduled for Tuesday afternoon.

The source said Ferraro will again have Bernie Kosar as part of the front office. Kosar, the former Browns quarterback, was part-owner and general manager of the Cleveland Gladiators in 2008.

The new Gladiators are expected to play the The Q, which was their original home.

http://www.cleveland.com/sports/inde..._will_ret.html

Great to see that the Gladiators are coming back. I was only able to go to one game but it was a blast. Definitely a great thing for families and a nice change of pace when the NFL isn't in season.

[AMC]

Let's get a Gladiators section in the threads!.....Get to it Glen...

[Jigo_oi]

Isn't Bernie expected to have a role with the Browns? Or is that still going to be an informal consultant role?

I'd rather think he's getting the opportunity to be groomed into a full time, long-term guy.