For the first time, Capital Region fans got to meet their new professional indoor lacrosse team on Sunday.

Meanwhile, the players were finally introduced to their home field.

The Albany Attack held its "Fan Fest" at Pepsi Arena. Defenseman Steve Fannell, 28, said he was impressed with the team's new digs. Until Sunday, the Attack had practiced at Center City Complex in Schenectady.

"This is a first-class facility for sure," said Fannell, gazing around Pepsi Arena. "Every seat is great. There's not a bad seat in the house. And I love the carpet (the artificial turf field)."

The players performed some drills for a small group of fans who were admitted free to the arena.

The Attack also unveiled its new uniforms with the colors navy, columbia and silver and a wolf logo on the chest.

The crowd appeared to number around 125 when the "Fan Fest" started at noon, but Attack officials said about 400 fans had come through the turnstiles when it ended at 2:00 PM.

The event was intended to educate the public about indoor lacrosse and to publicize the Attack, which opens the regular season at Philadelphia on 7 January. Albany's home opener is against Pittsburgh, on 14 January.

Attack forward Troy Cordingly, 32, said the style will attract fans.

"They'll love it because it's just non-stop action," he said. "There's a lot of hits and a lot of goals. They're going to be on the edge of their seats, guaranteed."

Attack director of operations Michael C. DeRossi said that indoor lacrosse is a hybrid of Canadian box lacrosse, which is played indoors, and American field lacrosse, which is played outside.

"We're trying to blend the two -- the speed of the American game and the more contact of the Canadian game," he said.

Indoor lacrosse is like hockey or Arena Football in that players may check each other into the boards.

In keeping with the Canadian heritage of the sport, 15 of the 20 players on Albany's roster were born in Canada.

Many still live in Canada and hold full-time jobs during the season. Cordingly, for example, teaches kindergarten in Ontario.

With the league's pay scale at $400 to $1,200 per game for the 12-game schedule, players can't afford to make a living just at lacrosse. As a result, the Attack will hold many of its practices in Ontario during the week, then commute to games on the weekend.

The Attack said it has sold 300 full-season tickets. Owner Herb Chorbajian added that the team has sold "a couple of thousand" more tickets in group sales for the home opener. Chorbajian said he hopes to see a crowd of 8,000 to 10,000 for the opener.

"Now the real fun begins," said Chorbajian, a lifelong resident of Albany.

The Attack scrimmaged against three other NLL teams on 4 December in Downington, Pa. The team will participate in two more scrimmages -- 27 December in Buffalo, and 2 January in Syracuse -- before the season opens.