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Are the Barnstormers coming back?
February 24, 2007 |
The Register ran a story this morning discussing the return of an arena football team to Des Moines. According to the article, Des Moines will be one of the cities receiving an expansion franchise for arenafootball2, the minor league of Arena football, beginning next season.
The article also mentioned that Des Moines is a likely destination for an NBA D-League franchise, and an announcement on that is expected sometime next week. Former Hawkeye Jared Reiner was signed out of the D-League by the Milwaukee Bucks on February 8th this year.
Add these teams to the mix with the I-Cubs and the Iowa Stars and Des Moines is starting to make a name for itself in the minor league sports world. It’s almost enough to entice me to move home 
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Wake me when something good happens around here, Please.
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any possibility you can get me cheap kenny chesney tickets and/or keith urban tickets for dm? how about fall out boy in omaha? maybe killers at val air and jet at drake? oh, and is it too early to start asking about the state fair concerts? i know some have been posted (pollstar.com ROCKS) but i want to know if you could get a deal on those.
I can always get you tickets. I can’t make any promises on the cheap part though.
See, the goal of scalping tickets, or of any business really, is to sell your products for more than you paid for them. And good tickets aren’t cheap.
Come on, you wouldn’t give a discount to hometown people? You know we are worth it… well, for the most part.
If you consider $165 a discount from $195 then I might be able to help
It is slow here.
Post something about the school election and comments are sure to come flying in.
There will be plenty of new school talk when it’s time. I’m working on raising the $13 million or whatever myself and then all the kids can go to the Nate Academy. How’s that for a plan?
Yeah Nate I need some tickets to Kenny Chesney and or Keith Urban to. I’ll pay more than face value if you promise to use some of that money you’re making off me to buy Ruby’s.
If I have to pay more than $67.50 to see Sugarland & Pat Green & Kenny Chesney then I’d better be center freaking stage. Or have the next best thing.
I’ve been told I look like Kenny Chesney.
You’re not bald! … uhhh, right? You aren’t sporting some fancy, secret toupee are you?
Is there a possible group rate if I bought my tickets with hawkeye? No need for his seats and mine to be together… as long as both groups are close to the stage. ;D
you are such a flirt as
Uhhh. Not.
I have a feeling I know you 9:29. Let me guess. You are Jack. Better known as the pain in my ass.
Who wants to sit with me??
No one (although I’m sure there IS someone.. just not me considering I’m not 100% sure who you are). I was just asking a question. I’m not sure I can even afford concert tix at the moment. Geez. Give me a break.
Hawk, I don’t have any tix to Keith or Kenny yet, but I do have some tix for Larry the Cable Guy. And I want to sit with you. Is second row center close enough?
u like the pain as sorta like kong
Funny Jack.
I can’t imagine anything good happening from us sitting second row anywhere if there is alcohol being served. I saw Larry the Cable Guy in Cedar Rapids a couple years ago and it was hilarious. And I guess I really can’t blame you as for not wanting to sit with me since you’re not 100% sure who I am, but does that mean your 90% sure? Because I haven’t the slightest idea who you might be. But that’s the fun of it.
Good point. I’ll take the second rows, you take the third rows and one of our dates has to drive. That’s a much better plan.
Fair enough
Hawkeye, I think I have who you are narrowed down to 2 or 3 people.
Wonderful news…I’d tell you but somehow that’d give away my anonymity.
Good. I like the challenge of playing Guess Who.
It’s fun isn’t it!
Kinda. You playing too or just me?
I’m doing my best but you haven’t given me much.
wow forgot to put in my name there
Oh. We get to ask questions? I thought we were going on what’s been posted.
You guys should get a room.
Ha ha
please…and by the way I think I’ve got it figured out.
hmmmm. doubt it. but if you want to give me your guess I’ll give nate my email and you can email me.
oh and that was ha ha as in duh not ha ha as in haha… uh, you get my point…
You’d be surprised…I’m pretty sure I’m right. I can’t really give you my e-mail because it’d give it away.
I dunno. Not many around Stuart know me since I didn’t graduate from here. I don’t go by my given name so my initials won’t match up but… I guess I’ll just have to trust you.
Alright well I could be wrong then. It’s not a big deal anyways.
I know. It’s just fun. I just don’t want you to win and guess first.
I’m slightly competitive with silly/stupid things. I had a song “war” with some guy my sister works with. I don’t even know him. It was whoever could get the cheesiest (cheesyest? cheesest?) song on Star’s 80s Lunch hour dedicated to the other person. He tried with New Kids, I tried with Madonna. Then her boss got in on it. Neither were better that me… woo.
That sounds like a good day at the office.
You two are crackin me up!
That’s what I’m here for.
Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
-Dave Barry
I was so poor when I was young that if I wouldn’t have been born a boy, I’d have had nothing to play with.
-Rodney Dangerfield-
Well, I have to do something at work. It gets boring constantly updating the website, writing letters, and filling out paperwork. All I have to say is thank goodness for the internet access.