WILMINGTON, DE / Marketwired / May 21, 2015 / Major League Football, Inc. (OTC PINK: MLFB) (“MLFB” or the “Company”), a new, professional spring-football league scheduled to kick off in 2016, today announced that the Manatee Board of County Commissioners in Lakewood Ranch, Florida has approved an economic development package enticing Major League Football to locate its headquarters and training facilities in Manatee County, Florida.
The incentive package offered by Manatee County, Florida on Tuesday, May 19th encouraged Major League Football’s management team to expedite their review of office leasing properties and its evaluation of sports facilities in Florida for the league’s headquarters and training facilities.
“We could not be more pleased that Manatee Board of County Commissioners is encouraging us to locate operations and training facilities in and around Lakewood Ranch,” opened Mr. Frank Murtha, Executive Vice-President for Major League Football. “Community involvement and support are tenets of our league and our business approach. Support from communities, cities and counties, like Manatee, are a necessary component of any sport venture. Manatee’s incentive package will be heavily weighted in our financial and strategic review of the locations we have targeted to locate our operations and train the exceptional football talent we intend to provide to fans and viewers of Major League Football.”
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