The Saginaw Sting are a team in the Ultimate Indoor Football League that began play as a 2008 expansion franchise in the Continental Indoor Football League and then moved to the Indoor Football League for the 2009 season and then folded after the season. The team is now part of the new Ultimate Indoor Football League(UIFL) and played its first game in the new league on February 18, 2011. Saginaw Sting plays its home games at The Dow Event Center in Saginaw, Michigan. On June 29, 2008, the Sting defeated the Xplosion 41-37 to win the CIFL Championship Game.