Storm Look to Bring the Thunder in 2016

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The Tampa Bay Storm will be celebrating their 25th season in the Arena Football League in 2016, making this season special for all the citizens of Tampa Bay. Last season, the Storm finished 7-11 and missed the playoffs. They will look to turn that around in 2016.

This season is one where the Storm, along with the other seven teams in the Arena Football League, will play in the postseason, regardless of record. For the Storm, they will still be looking to get the highest possible seed in the American Conference and hopefully gain homefield all throughout the postseason as well.

Their season begins on April 1 against their rival in the Orlando Predators. This will be the first game of the 2016 season to kick off. The kickoff time for this game was switched from 7:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. After the game against the Predators, the Storm will travel to Cleveland to take on the Gladiators. This is one of three games out of the next four on the road.

After the game in Cleveland, the Storm travel to Arizona to take on the Rattlers before heading back home to take on the other team in Florida, the Jacksonville Sharks in Week 5 after a bye week in Week 4. The next two games are on the road, against the Philadelphia Soul and the Orlando Predators. Six of their final 10 games are at home, and they will close out the season in Jacksonville on July 31.