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Major League Lacrosse is set to announce expansion to Atlanta at a news conference Friday, multiple sources have told IL.

The league sent out a media advisory Wednesday about a a press conference set for Friday at Kennesaw State University. That will be to announce the expansion for the 2016 season, sources told IL; the release promised "details about the exciting future of Major League Lacrosse in 2016."

The league's desire to go to Atlanta has been no secret.

“I’ve had a very unhealthy infatuation with this venue for a number of years now since I first saw it on TV back in 2010,” commissioner Dave Gross said after the 2014 championship game, held at KSU's Fifth Third Bank Stadium in front of 8,149 fans. “We worked to put a game in here last year. It went very well, and we figured that once we decided to put the championship at a neutral site, there was no better place.”

The 2015 championship game between the New York Lizards and Rochester Rattlers will be held at KSU on Saturday, Aug. 8.

MLL hosted its All-Star Game at Houston's BBVA Compass Stadium in June, and Houston has been speculated as a new franchise. While efforts have been under way to bring the league to Houston, that is not finalized as of yet. A hashtag — #BringMLLtoHouston — has been drumming up support.

Multiple sources have indicated a deadline in the coming days for Houston organizers to submit details of a new franchise. IL has reached out to organizers for comments on Houston's efforts.

"We’ve been watching the growth of the sport in Texas and want to give the great fans in the region a taste of the MLL," Gross said in a February statement announcing Houston as the All-Star Game site. "Working together with Savoy Sports Advisors, the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority and the Houston Chapter of US Lacrosse, we’re sure we can make [the 2015 All-Star Game] a memorable event."

The league often tests new markets with showcase games. Most recently, the Florida Launch team started after testing out the market with the 2012 All-Star Game. PPL Park near Philadelphia, on the other hand, held the 2013 MLL championship but drew less than 4,000 fans and did not seem to work as a prospective expansion site. Expansion talk was a a big theme of All-Star weekend at this year's MLL All-Star Game in Houston.

Kennesaw State University has hosted numerous lacrosse events in addition to the 2014 MLL Championship game. LB3 Lacrosse, founded by former Syracuse star Liam Banks, hosts the Cobb County Classic Series annually, featuring Duke vs. Denver on Feb. 14, 2015, among others.

League expansion has been an open secret for weeks, reinforced when Denver Outlaw coach B.J. O'Hara mentioned an upcoming expansion draft on a media conference call July 15.