Welcome to the Stingers Nest Forums!

[Bill Mothershead]

As the Administrator of both the site and the Forums, I want to welcome you to what I hope is going to be the first of many great seasons of Columbia Stingers Indoor Football!

Please feel free to add your insights, questions and suggestions to the forum.

I will be adding new boards for us to chat in soon!

Thanks again,
Bill

[kwebb]

Hi i'm new to Arena Football. I have 2 boys (9 & 10) and thought they might like it. The Colonial Center sent me an email about FanFest, so we went , but weren't impressed. I'm going to take the to the game Sat. Where would be the best place to sit. Is there any cheers or things? My oldest loves to get involved.
Thanks for any info.

[Bill Mothershead]

The Fan Fest wasn't well promoted, and honestly, neither is the team itself. I set up this site to help bring some attention to the team. Hopefully the ownership will take the cues from the fans they DO have to help get word out before it's too late.

I don't expect to see a full house at the home opener, but, with a little time and a lot of luck, we can make the team successful and get some fans in the seats soon.

Come on out and enjoy Indoor Football, it's a FUN game to witness. As far as where to sit? I dunno yet, we have a fan club section reserved and you can contact Stinger1 on this board for more info on those seats and pricing. The seats are directly behind the visiting team's bench so that we can distract them!

Here's a direct link to the forum message he left regarding the Fan Club Seating:
stingersnest.proboards82.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1173553995

[stinger1]

the main thing we have to do , is have fun.....people will attend the games...we had 7500 at our opener last season in charleston with little to no advertisments....hopefully things will work out for the stingers!

[crazyj]

I have to say I'm excited thatColumbia has a team.. Years ago I uses to go to Charlotte to watch the Charlotte Rage of AFL. I just hope the level of play and competion is decent to make for an entertaining product. Got my tickets, and ready for Sat night

[stinger1]

i can say that the 2 running backs, earl cameron and chris matthews are great players....both played with us last year and we should see some great football......and by the way, it's great to see you guys on here!!! welcome aboard!

[crazyj]

I have been mentioning the team to people at work for the last couple weeks now. A coworker and his friend bought several tickets today for opening night. i guess through word of mouth, hopefully we can get people to buy tickets and show up. Theres a lot of football fans out there and the price for tickets is very consumer friendly

[redzone]

I was loosely affiliated last year with the Florence Phantoms of the current AIFA. They had about 3000 to 4000 for opening night last year. There were a few radio stations playing ads, a few billboards, the local paper ran a few articles (including a nice game day special edition that outlined the rules). That's why I'm basing my prediction of about 3500 for opening night due to lack of publicity. You just can't start ads the a couple of days before and expect a huge crowd.

As far as sitting, here are a couple of suggestions. If you want to get close to the action and catch a few balls, and possibly players, then get as close as possible to the dasher boards. If you like the technical side of the game (watching plays and lanes develop), then save your money and go a little higher. Despite all the comments on other message boards, indoor football is a great game and loads of fun.

[buzz]

Hey guys ... new to the board ... just wanted to let you know I bought season ticket for my wife, me and my 3 boys and we had a blast at the game last week ... I'm glad I did. GO STINGERS!!

[Bill Mothershead]

Welcome Buzz! We're thrilled to have you here.

Make sure you check out the all new KIDS section at the main site: www.stingersnest.com

I've just added some downloadable coloring pages, and will be sponsoring a coloring contest very soon.

GO STINGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[buzz]

thanks for the welcome Bill ...

[stinger1]

hey welcome to the boards.....we need to all get behind this team and support these guys....go stingers!!!