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Updated: 3:27 a.m. Friday, Feb. 25, 2011 | Posted: 10:38 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011

Johnstown Professional Sports Scene Revitalizing

Many people believed professional sports would be gone from the city forever when the Johnstown Chiefs left town. However the opposite is happening as the city could be tripling the amount of professional teams in the area.

By the end of the summer, Johnstown could have professional hockey, football and baseball teams.

The Johnstown Generals, a member of the Ultimate Indoor Football League will host their first home game at the War Memorial on March 5.

The same owners of the Generals are close to signing a deal with the city to allow a professional baseball team to play their games at Point Stadium.

The Wheeling Nailers began playing their home games at the War Memorial when the Chiefs left fulfilling the needs of hockey fans.

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