The Pro Volleyball Federation has added two extra franchises, asserting one in Orlando and one in San Diego.
That brings to 6 the variety of groups for the ladies’s professional volleyball league that plans to start out competitors in February 2024. Previously, PVF introduced groups in Atlanta; Columbus, Ohio; Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Omaha, Nebraska.
The San Diego franchise was introduced Thursday and contains as its one in every of its house owners Kerri Walsh Jennings. Jennings, who gained fame as a three-time seashore volleyball Olympic gold medalist who additionally received a bronze, was an All-American indoors participant for Stanford who performed on the USA indoors Olympics staff that positioned fourth within the 2000 Olympics.
The San Diego franchise, in response to the PVF, will even be owned by “longtime enterprise affiliate Mitch Grossbach and his firm Someone Great Management, LLC, together with different enterprise companions.
“This is one of the most exciting days of my professional career,” Walsh Jennings stated in a PVF information launch. “I have been very fortunate to be in a position to achieve so many dreams in my life, but today marks the beginning of me being able to establish a true legacy. I am passionate about the vision of Pro Volleyball Federation and making this San Diego team the very best it can be.”
PVF stated that Walsh Jennings, inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame final October, will even be an fairness holder within the League. Other founding companions embrace Super Bowl and Pro Bowl quarterback Joe Burrow, alongside along with his dad and mom Jimmy and Robin Burrow. The Grand Rapids franchise is owned and operated by Dan DeVos, chairman of the Orlando Magic, whereas the Omaha staff is owned partially by leisure famous person Jason Derulo.
On Wednesday, the PVF introduced its Orlando franchise. That staff is owned by Florida businessman David Forman.
“This is very exciting for me and my family, and we can’t wait to bring professional women’s volleyball to Orlando,” Forman stated. “Orlando is a city known worldwide for making dreams come true, and that’s what Pro Volleyball Federation is all about — providing a new horizon for these amazing athletes to be able to live out their dreams by playing professionally at the highest level, and doing so at home in the United States.”
There are different Orlando connections to the PVF. The Grand Rapids franchise is owned and operated by DP Fox Sports & Entertainment and its chairman Dan DeVos, who additionally serves as Chairman and Governor of the Orlando Magic. The DeVos household additionally owns and operates the minor-league hockey staff the Orlando Solar Bears of the ECHL, the Osceloa Magic of the NBA G League, and Magic Gaming of the NBA 2K League.
Neither the Orlando nor San Diego franchises stated the place they’ll play. The league expects so as to add two extra groups for the primary season.
