Houston Roughnecks fans, XFL look forward to completing season after abrupt end in 2020
Quarterback Cole McDonald and the Houston Roughnecks host the Arlington Renegades in the XFL South Division championship game Saturday night at TDECU Stadium.Amber Peña, decked out in a red-and-blue ensemble complete with a mask and tutu, stood in excitement in the first row behind a goalpost as an announcer opened a recent Saturday morning game between the Houston Roughnecks and the Vegas Vipers.
“COVID kind of knocked it out when our Roughnecks were undefeated in that season, and so we’ve got some unfinished business to take care of here in 2023,” Peña said.The interim years were “a little stop and go,” Duch said. To restart the XFL, Duch said it was critical for the league to research and choose strong markets to place its eight teams. Houston was an obvious choice since the Roughnecks had an ardent following.
Duch said the league poured its attention to social media and releasing steady news so fans could follow the opening of the season. The Roughnecks have the second-largest social media following of the league’s teams and first in Twitter and TikTok team engagement, Duch said.Duch said the league has seen growth across single-ticket sales, group sales, and suite sales this season. Game attendance averages at nearly 12,000 attendees at Roughnecks home games.
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