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El Paso getting new arena football team: ‘West Texas Buccaneers’

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September 4, 2020 3:13 PM
Published 2:15 PM

EL PASO, Texas -- The El Paso County Coliseum and the El Paso Sports Commission announced Friday that a new arena football team is coming to the Borderland.

The team will be known as the West Texas Buccaneers. 

The Buccaneers will be in the American Arena League and play their home games at the Coliseum.

They will compete in a division to include teams in the Texas cities of Dallas, Houston, Fort Worth, and San Antonio.

Preseason games are currently scheduled for Nov. 21 and Dec. 12, but ticket and spectator information will be released later.

The Buccaneers team owner is Craig Thomas, a 1985 alum of El Paso's Eastwood High School.

You can watch the complete announcement in the video player below.

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