Burn Announce 2009 Schedule

The Boise Burn announced today it will kick off its third season in the arenafootball2 league at Tri-Cities on Friday, Mar. 27, 2009. The Burn will host its West Division rival and defending National Conference Champion Spokane Shock for its home opener on Saturday, Apr. 18 at Qwest Arena.For the first time, the Burn will host the Amarillo Dusters (May 30), and travel to Bossier-Shreveport (Apr. 11) and South Georgia (July 18).Season tickets are available by calling (208) 383-0080. For more information visit www.boiseburn.com. A full schedule is below:2009 BOISE BURN REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULEALL TIMES MOUNTAIN TIMEWeek 1 Friday, March 27, 2009Boise at Tri-Cities 8:05 p.m. Week 2 Friday, April 3, 2009ByeWeek 3 Saturday, April 11, 2009Boise at Bossier-Shreveport 6:00 p.m.Week 4 Saturday, April 18, 2009Spokane at Boise 7:10 p.m.Week 5 Saturday, April 25, 2009Boise at Central Valley 8:00 p.m.Week 6 Saturday, May 2, 2009Stockton at Boise 7:10 p.m.Week 7 Saturday, May 9, 2009Boise at Spokane 8:00 p.m.Week 8 Saturday, May 16, 2009Tri-Cities at Boise 7:10 p.m.Week 9 Saturday, May 23, 2009Boise at Stockton 8:00 p.m.Week 10 Saturday, May 30, 2009Amarillo at Boise 7:10 p.m.Week 11Saturday, June 6, 2009Central Valley at Boise 7:10 p.m.Week 12 Saturday, June 13, 2009Boise at Tri-Cities 8:05 p.m.Week 13Saturday, June 20, 2009Stockton at Boise 7:10 p.m.Week 14 Saturday, June 27, 2009 Boise at Central Valley 8:00 p.m.Week 15 ByeWeek 16 Saturday, July 11, 2009Tri-Cities at Boise 7:10 p.m.Week 17 Saturday, July 18, 2008Boise at South Georgia 5:30 p.m.Week 18 Saturday, July 25, 2009Spokane at Boise 7:10 p.m.Each team will play a total of 16 games (eight home/eight away). The alignment consists of the American and National Conference with three divisions per conference. The East, Midwest and South Divisions fall into the American Conference, while the Central, Southwest and West compose the National Conference. Thirteen (13) teams make up the American Conference and twelve (12) make up the National Conference. The full division breakdown is detailed below: American Conference SOUTH MIDWEST EAST Florida Green Bay Albany Lexington Iowa Mahoning Valley South Georgia Milwaukee Manchester Tennessee Valley Quad City Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Peoria National Conference CENTRAL SOUTHWEST WEST Amarillo Arkansas Boise Oklahoma City Bossier-Shreveport Central Valley Tulsa Corpus Christi Spokane Rio Grande Valley Stockton Tri-Cities The league?s 18-week, 200-game regular season schedule concludes on July 25.About af2With its 10th anniversary season set to begin in the spring of 2009, af2 serves as a vehicle to bring Arena Football to small-to-midsize cities and as a developmental league with an unmatched history of sending players, coaches and officials to major professional football leagues each year. af2 operates under the same Mission Statement and Fans? Bill of Rights as the Arena Football League, which finished its 22nd season in July. Log on to www.af2.com for more information.- A PROUD MEMBER OF THE ARENA FOOTBALL FAMILY -- www.boiseburn.com -