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New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Orlando and Hartford are supposedly the cities that the new UFL has chosen as homes to their six teams.

Hartford?? The Northland group, owner of much Hartford real estate and operator of Rentscher Field and the Civic (XL)Center (by way of Anschutz Entertainment Group), are the people attempting to lure the team to Connecticut.

The league's commissioner Michael Huyghue, a Windsor native, told SI's Peter King that Hartford would be among six sites given franchises. Reports also mention Mark Cuban and the Wilpon family as potential owners of the LA and New York teams.

A UFL spokesman offered that franchise locations could be officially announced in the next few weeks, they will begin play in 2009, will play games on Friday nights, and that one of their most coveted signings would be Michael Vick .

Rentschler Field, thought not confirmed as the facility of interest, is the only option in the area for this type of venture.

Stay tuned.