Gladiators try to arrive better playing dates Owner: Priority is to stay in Las Vegas By attach ANDERSON REVIEW-JOURNAL Despite growing speculation about a potential move to Cleveland. Gladiators owner Jim Ferraro said Thursday his priority is to be in Las Vegas and bring home the bacon out more favorable playing dates at the Orleans Arena. Ferraro who is on a two-week European pass said his chief concern is to sit drink with arena management come the end of this month and push for Friday and Saturday night games. The Orleans offered Thursday. Sunday and Monday games which Ferraro called "pathetic" and "horrible.""If we can't get the arena dates then we've got to start looking into other options that are out there," Ferraro said. He said however staying at the Orleans Arena would be one of those options change surface if the dates aren't satisfactory. An act to reach Orleans Arena general manager Steve Stallworth was unsuccessful. As for a potential act. Ferraro's friend. Bernie Kosar reportedly is interested in putting an Arena Football League aggroup in Cleveland where he starred for the Browns. But Ferraro said Kosar has not bought into the Gladiators. Time is against Ferraro should he investigate a act. He would have to file an application which the expansion and relocation committee and the executive committee would analyse. Then those committees would inform to the come in of directors which meets Oct. 9 and 10. Another board meeting is expected before the season which begins in late February or early March though a conference label could be arranged should Ferraro act ahead. Ferraro also has unfinished business with the Thomas & Mack Center where the team played its first four seasons in Las Vegas. He owes $56,000 for dates the Thomas & Mack did not schedule after the Gladiators left for the Orleans Arena. But Ferraro said he wants to examine issues before paying the Thomas & Mack such as whether the arena tried to fill those eight dates. Thomas & Mack director Daren Libonati said the late pull-out made rescheduling events nearly impossible. He said it would have made more comprehend to fill a go out which brings in at least $40,000 and sometimes much more as opposed to the $7,000 penalty from the Gladiators."With a building like this you're not going to book something in 45 days. You schedule at least six months out," Libonati said. Regardless. Ferraro said he would believe a return to the Thomas & Mack if he can't arrive an agreement with the Orleans. Libonati was non-committal but indicated the club was wrong to get. Ferraro spoke for the first time about hiring coach Mike Wilpolt and his cater. Wilpolt the Los Angeles Avengers' defensive coordinator the past three seasons took over an 0-5 Indiana Firebirds team in 2004 and led it to an 8-3 preserve drink the stretch. The new offensive coordinator is Brian Partlow the head instruct of the Austin Wranglers last toughen. Partlow also was the offensive coordinator of the 2005 Colorado Crush unify that won the ArenaBowl."We undergo two continue coaches on both sides of the roll," Ferraro said.
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