Workspace: Jacksonville Armada staff working on building a soccer team


  • By Max Marbut
  • | 12:00 p.m. August 27, 2014
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Gene Tinner, the Armada's director of ticket operations, left the NBA's Houston Rockets to join the Armada's front office team.
Gene Tinner, the Armada's director of ticket operations, left the NBA's Houston Rockets to join the Armada's front office team.
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The Jacksonville Armada Football Club won’t begin play in the North American Soccer League until April, but there is plenty of action in the team’s offices at Wells Fargo Center.

The front office team of more than 20 executives, directors, managers, coaches and staff is recruiting players, planning promotions and designing team gear for sale to fans.

The Armada already has commitments for about 2,000 of the 9,500 tickets available at the Baseball Grounds, where the team will play its first three seasons.

Here’s a look at some of the people who are building Jacksonville’s newest professional franchise.

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