It's official.
The Alliance of American Football is coming to metro Phoenix with a team that will play at Arizona State's renovated Sun Devil Stadium starting in February 2019.
A news conference will be held Friday to announce the Alliance Phoenix head coach.
Other AAF teams in the new eight-team league will be in Orlando, Atlanta and Memphis.
Among those scheduled to be in attendance on Friday: Charlie Ebersol, co-founder/CEO, The Alliance of American Football; Jared Allen, investor/player relations executive, The Alliance of American Football; Ray Anderson, Vice President of University Athletics, ASU and Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, Vice President for Cultural Affairs, ASU.