The New Mexico Stars are a professional indoor football team due to begin play in the Indoor Football League

Indoor Football League

The Indoor Football League began in 1999 as an offshoot of the troubled Professional Indoor Football League. Keary Ecklund, the owner of the Green Bay Bombers and Madison Mad Dogs, left the PIFL after its first, financially-troubled, season to start his own league. Unlike the PIFL, the IFL was an...

 for its 2012 season. The team is based in Rio Rancho, New Mexico

Rio Rancho, New Mexico

There were 18,995 households out of which 40.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.4% were married couples living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.7% were non-families. 20.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.9% had...

 (in the Albuquerque metropolitan area

Albuquerque metropolitan area

The Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area is a metropolitan area in central New Mexico centered on the city of Albuquerque that covers four counties - Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance, and Valencia. As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 729,649...

), with home games to be played at the Santa Ana Star Center

Santa Ana Star Center

Santa Ana Star Center is an 7,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, a suburb of Albuquerque. The arena is located near the intersection of Unser Boulevard and Paseo del Volcan...

.

The Stars will be the second indoor team to play in Rio Rancho, following the American Indoor Football Association's New Mexico Wildcats

New Mexico Wildcats

The New Mexico Wildcats are a professional indoor football team that will begin play in the American Indoor Football Association in the 2008 season...

 which played the 2008

2008 American Indoor Football Association season

The 2008 American Indoor Football Association season is the league's fourth overall season. The league champions were the Florence Phantoms, who defeated the Wyoming Cavalry in AIFA Championship Bowl II.-Standings:...

 and 2009

2009 American Indoor Football Association season

The 2009 American Indoor Football Association season is the league's fifth overall season. The regular season began on Saturday, March 7 and ended on Monday, July 7. The league champion was decided on Sunday, July 26 as the Reading Express won AIFA Championship Bowl III...

seasons before folding.

External links

• New Mexico Stars official website