The Alliance of American Football recently announced that its inaugural championship game would take place in Frisco at the Ford Center, a 12,000-capacity facility owned by Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys.
Yesterday, the Orlando Apollos became the first team in the league to stamp their ticket to the postseason for the potential to play there at the end of April, routing the Atlanta Legends by a score of 36-6 to clinch a playoff berth with a 6-1 record with three games to play.
The Birmingham Iron are the only other team in the Eastern Conference with a winning record at 4-2, and could make it 5-2 today if they are able to defeat the 1-5 Memphis Express in Tennessee, a team starting its third-string quarterback for the game, though Johnny Manziel will back up.