2024 UFL Houston Roughnecks to play at Rice University Stadium

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2024 UFL Houston Roughnecks to play at Rice University Stadium

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On Friday, February 2, 2024, the UFL announced the Houston Roughnecks would play their 2024 season at Rice University Stadium.Rice will be the only university-based stadium to host a UFL team.“Rice Stadium will be a great home for our Roughnecks, and we can’t wait to deliver a phenomenal football product and fan experience that is uniquely H-Town,” said Russ Brandon, president/CEO of the UFL.
 
With an early Friday morning press release, does this mean the schedule is coming later today?
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MarkNelson wrote: Fri Feb 02, 2024 8:32 am https://uflboard.com/news/2024-ufl-hous ... y-stadium/ 
On Friday, February 2, 2024, the UFL announced the Houston Roughnecks would play their 2024 season at Rice University Stadium.Rice will be the only university-based stadium to host a UFL team.“Rice Stadium will be a great home for our Roughnecks, and we can’t wait to deliver a phenomenal football product and fan experience that is uniquely H-Town,” said Russ Brandon, president/CEO of the UFL.
 
With an early Friday morning press release, does this mean the schedule is coming later today?
I would hope next week at the latest.
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GregParks wrote: Fri Feb 02, 2024 9:48 am
MarkNelson wrote: Fri Feb 02, 2024 8:32 am https://uflboard.com/news/2024-ufl-hous ... y-stadium/ 
On Friday, February 2, 2024, the UFL announced the Houston Roughnecks would play their 2024 season at Rice University Stadium.Rice will be the only university-based stadium to host a UFL team.“Rice Stadium will be a great home for our Roughnecks, and we can’t wait to deliver a phenomenal football product and fan experience that is uniquely H-Town,” said Russ Brandon, president/CEO of the UFL.
 
With an early Friday morning press release, does this mean the schedule is coming later today?
I would hope next week at the latest.
With the townhalls next week, AND this announcement - its gotta be this afternoon thru first townhall afternoon which I believe is 2/8.   Likely though a weekday with Monday or Tuesday tops for max exposure, and not over the weekend.

This had to be announced first though and that domino has now fallen.
 
 
 
 
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I just hope it's something that looks like it was carefully done. There's a lot of moving parts that we don't have access to, hell even the one I put up two weeks ago I missed Disney on Ice at the Alamodome.

Just give me something that's better than the "This is it?" one the Big XII put out this week.
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>>"Rice Stadium will be a great home for the Roughnecks, and we can't wait to deliver a phenomenal football product and fan experience that is uniquely H-Town," said Russ Brandon, the president and CEO of the UFL.Existing season ticket holders with questions about the 2024 season being held at Rice can contact the Roughnecks at 346-568-1753 or tickets@uflroughnecks.com. Those season-ticket holders will have first priority in terms of finding seats comparable to the ones they had at TDECU Stadium, according to the Roughnecks.  <<

That's good
 
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I really like rice stadium I think it has the charm of a very classic college football stadium
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nickp1991 wrote: Fri Feb 02, 2024 3:26 pm I really like rice stadium I think it has the charm of a very classic college football stadium
There was nothing wrong with the place when I used to go there except for the splinters from the wooden bleachers.  Apparently the 18th-wealthiest endowment of any American university can't buy chairback seating so they reduce capacity by tarping off sections instead.
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super390 wrote: Fri Feb 02, 2024 5:21 pm
nickp1991 wrote: Fri Feb 02, 2024 3:26 pm I really like rice stadium I think it has the charm of a very classic college football stadium
There was nothing wrong with the place when I used to go there except for the splinters from the wooden bleachers.  Apparently the 18th-wealthiest endowment of any American university can't buy chairback seating so they reduce capacity by tarping off sections instead.
Well, I'd rather have that endowment spent on educational purposes anyway. But that's just me.
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Hope they can get more people there than Rice does.
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