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Storm To Introduce Owner Today

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By ADAM ADKINS, The Tampa Tribune

Published: December 13, 2007

TAMPA - The Tampa Bay Storm will hold a news conference today at 12:30 p.m. to announce the sale of the team and to introduce the new majority owner, local orthopedic surgeon Robert Nucci.
Nucci has agreed to purchase the team for $18.9 million from Woody Kern, three sources close the Arena Football League and the team confirmed to The Tampa Tribune last Friday. The sale has been approved by the AFL's Board of Directors, according to a news release issued by the team Wednesday.

Kern, CEO and President of PCK Management in Denton, Texas, bought the team in 1994. The Storm won three AFL championships (1995, 1996 and 2003) while he was owner. According to the release, Kern still will be a minority owner of the team.

Nucci, a Palm Harbor resident, runs the Nucci Spine Institute in Tampa and is vice-chief of surgery at University Community Hospital. Along with Nucci and Kern, AFL commissioner David Baker and Storm coach/general manager Tim Marcum are scheduled to attend the news conference.

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