The Rock River Raptors are a professional indoor football team. The franchise was established in 2000 as the Tennessee Valley Vipers, a charter member of af2. The franchise was based at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama. In 2005, the franchise moved to United Indoor Football as the Tennessee Valley Raptors. To accommodate the return of af2 to Huntsville, team owner Art Clarkson announced in August 2005 that the franchise would relocate to Rockford, IL. Indoor football in the sense contemplated here is a variation of American football with rules modified to make it suitable for play within basketball gymnasiums and, particularly, ice hockey arenas. ... Conference American Division Southern Year founded 2000 Home arena Von Braun Center City, State Huntsville, Alabama ArenaCup championships none The Tennessee Valley Vipers was Huntsville, Alabamas af2 franchise. ... af2 (short for arenafootball2) is the name of the Arena Football Leagues minor league, which started play in 2000. ... The Von Braun Center is a multipurpose indoor arena located in Huntsville, Alabama. ... United Indoor Football is an indoor football league that started in 2005. ... The Tennessee Valley Raptors were a professional indoor football team. ... Rockford is the name of several places in the United States of America: Rockford, Alabama Rockford, Illinois Rockford, Iowa Rockford, Michigan Rockford, Minnesota Rockford Township, Minnesota Rockford, Ohio Rockford, Tennessee Rockford, Washington Rockford is also the name used by Mastertronic/Arcadia Systems for their licensed versions of the computer game...

The Raptors play at Rockford's MetroCentre. This page is about the station on the Washington, D.C. Metro; for the Metrocentre shopping centre see Metrocentre Metro Center is a Washington Metro station in Washington, DC on the Blue, Orange, and Red Lines. ...

External links

• Raptors website
• UIFans - United Indoor Fans