The Coachella Valley Firebirds are heating up the excitement for the upcoming AHL hockey season with a fun announcement: the introduction of their team mascot.The mascot goes by the name Fuego, which is a Spanish word for fire. Fuego made its first appearance in front of a cheering crowd of local children at the Classic Club
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds have their home opener for the upcoming inaugural season. The Firebirds will drop the puck in the desert for the first time on Sunday, Dec. 18th at Acrisure Arena as they welcome the Tucson Roadrunners (Arizona Coyotes affiliate) at 6:00 p.m. Click HERE for the complete 2022-2023 AHL home opener schedule. The Firebirds’ Twitter
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Members from the Acrisure Arena and Coachella Valley Firebirds celebrated the grand opening of a new facility for buzzbox premium cocktails and a new partnership. A ribbon-cutting was held at buzzbox’s new facility in Indio. The facility is located the former Target right off the I-10 and Jackson Street. News Channel 3’s Crystal Jimenez took a closer
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Acrisure Arena in Thousand Palms reached another major milestone in its construction. Thursday morning, construction workers were out pouring the concrete for one of its rinks. Within six hours, the future practice rink for the Coachella Valley Firebirds was transformed. “Exactly one year from our groundbreaking we actually poured the ice floor today this morning
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds, Acrisure Arena and Desert Recreation District, along with Riverside County Supervisor V. Manuel Perez and assembly member Eduardo Garcia, are scheduled to hold an intro to youth street hockey clinic community event. This event marks more than 5,000 local children having participated in the Firebirds Street Hockey Clinics this year. Acrisure Arena and Coachella Valley Firebirds will have several personnel attending the event that will take
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Spotlight 29 is now the official casino founding partner of Acrisure Arena and the Coachella Valley Firebirds. The deal was signed just a few hours ago at Spotlight 29 Casino in Coachella. Chairman Darrell Mike of the Twentynine Palms Band of Mission Indians said they are looking forward to the arena being established as a focal point
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FirstBank is now the official bank of the Coachella Valley Firebirds and Acrisure Arena. Acrisure Arena, the Coachella Valley Firebirds, and FirstBank jointly announced a multi-year relationship that names FirstBank as the official bank partner for the Firebirds. The Firebirds will be the 32nd American Hockley League team and will make their highly anticipated debut in Fall 2022.
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“This will be multi-use. So concerts, anything with exhibits, RV shows boat shows, anything like that. There is a lot of potential use for this space besides hockey,” said Senior Project Manager Jeff Zunino. An exciting future ahead of Acrisure Arena. This project you see off I-10 is now at the halfway point. We received
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It’s a big day in the progressing construction of the arena in Coachella Valley. A special ceremony is underway as the last beam is secured to the roof of Acrisure Arena. Let’s hear it for the arena construction workers! The ironworkers “make it look easy, but it is not easy.” Watch live here as final
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The newly named Acrisure Arena in Thousand Palms continues to move forward. On Wednesday, officials revealed the arena’s name and revealed other plans as completion nears. Check Out: Coachella Valley arena will be named the Acrisure Arena Acrisure, a Michigan-based financial services company, agreed to a 10-year naming rights deal with developers Oak View Group.
Continue Reading The Coachella Valley arena name has been revealed. The arena will be named the Acrisure Arena, officials revealed on Wednesday. The arena’s developer, the Oak View Group (OVG), announced they agreed to a 10-year naming rights agreement with fintech leader Acrisure. The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Let’s do this #PalmSprings. 
The Coachella Valley Firebirds, the first professional sports team to call the Coachella Valley home, was unveiled at a private event in Thousand Palms Friday morning. Pictured: Coachella Valley Firebirds logo Among the crowd of attendees and speakers with a vested interest in the $300 million privately funded arena were young local athletes who are
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You’ve probably heard the name Jerry Bruckheimer, who for the past three decades has produced numerous blockbuster films and TV shows, which includes Top Gun, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Bad Boys. But did you also know he’s a co-owner of the NHL’s Seattle Kraken and now the Coachella Valley Firebirds? The Firebirds will be
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The Coachella Valley Arena and the NHL’s Seattle Kraken released a video teasing a major announcement regarding the new local American Hockey League team. The videos tease the announcement is coming on November 5 at 11 a.m. PT. The team name was not revealed yet, but there appear to be some hints as to the
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Construction of the new Coachella Valley arena is well underway. You can already reserve seats for season tickets to watch the AHL team play. But what will that team be called? The team ownership hasn’t yet announced that, but filings uncovered by News Channel 3 may provide some hints. According to records with the United
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