Duke City Gladiators join Indoor Football League

By Michael Heilman

The Indoor Football League today announced the addition of the Duke City Gladiators (Albuquerque, NM) that will compete in the 2020 season. The Gladiators home arena is the Tingley Coliseum. The Gladiators were an expansion team in 2015 in the Champions Indoor Football league.

The Gladiators won the CIF championship in 2018 and 2019. IFL Commissioner Mike Allshouse said in today’s announcement “The Gladiators bring a strong winning tradition to the IFL while solidifying our geographic footprint. We look forward to the intense southwestern rivalries the Gladiators will bring to the IFL and to a long and productive partnership with the team and city.”

With the edition of the Gladiators, the IFL now has eleven teams for the 2020 season. The Gladiators now have new rivalries to play against like the Arizona Rattlers, Tucson Sugar Skulls and San Diego Strike Force in what will surely be an exciting southwestern rivalry.

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