The Steel City Menace were a professional indoor football team and a member of
American Indoor Football
American Indoor Football (AIF) was a professional indoor football league, one of the several regional professional indoor football leagues in North America.
The AIFL began as a regional league with six franchises on the East Coast of the United ...
that played part of the 2016 season. Originally based in
Pueblo, Colorado
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, the Menace were to play their home games at the
Southwest Motors Events Center, however, they ended up playing at an outdoor field and the two regular season league games they played were on the road.
The Menace were the second indoor football team to call Pueblo home, after the
Pueblo Pistols which played in the
National Indoor Football League
The National Indoor Football League (NIFL) was a professional indoor football league in the United States. For their first six years, the league had teams in markets not covered by either the Arena Football League or its developmental league, A ...
for the
2007
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season before the team and the league folded.
Originally, the Menace were going to be known as the Mile High Menace and play at the
Magness Arena in
Denver
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.
During their first exhibition home game at West Texas, they wore a local high school's uniform (
Centennial High School). The team folded mid-season after two league road games and not having a home arena.
The head coach, Terry Foster, left the team to coach the
Myrtle Beach Freedom
The Myrtle Beach Freedom were a professional indoor football team based in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and played their home games at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. They were a member of American Indoor Football for one season until the lea ...
on April 19, 2016.
Roster
Staff
Statistics and records
Season results
Head coaches' records
2016 season
Key:
Exhibition games
''All start times were local to home team''
Regular season
''All start times were local to home team''
Standings
References
External links
Steel City Menace official websiteAmerican Indoor Football official website
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American Indoor Football teams
American football teams in Colorado
Defunct indoor American football teams
Sports in Pueblo, Colorado
American football teams established in 2015
American football teams disestablished in 2016
2015 establishments in Colorado
2016 disestablishments in Colorado