Pocketball Team Histories w/ Logos

[JMurr]

Continued...

The small market Atkin moved the team to was St. George, Utah. He had no suitable venue so he settled for moving the team into Bruce Hurst Field, a minor league baseball stadium. He was confident however that support in St. George would be so great that he soon could get support for building an arena. As part of his plan for making that happened he believed it was necessary to break from the Wanderes/Viajeros name. To him so long as the team was refered to as a team without a home, no city could ever embrace it. The new name he picked for the team was St. George Reds and he used a dinosaur branding that tied together both the red cliff that surround St. George and Utah’s prehistoric importance.

St. George Reds (1995-1996)

Atkin’s plan was a complete failure however. St. George really was too small. Once again the league wanted to yank the franchise but once again someone would come forward with a daring bold plan. This time it was Canadian businessman Don McDougall. His plan was this; move them to a big market and tie them back to their orginal brand, when they were most popular. This ment he wanted to move the to Toronto and call them the Toronto Towers. Problem? Toronto already had a team that they loyally supported, the Toronto Terriers, and second in 1966 a new New York Towers franchise had been formed and it was thriving under that name. In a final desperate attempt to save the franchise however the league granted McDougall permission to purchase the team, move it to Toronto, and name it the Towers. McDougall arranged it but it was the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce who purchased the team in full. Even Butt sold his 5% this time. They moved the team into CNE Colisium in 1997.

Toronto Towers (1997-1998)

This plan too was an utter failure. Fans reacted negativly to the idea of having to Towers franchises. The league finally bought the team in 1999 and retracted the franchise.

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Atlanta Varsity / Tucanes de Yucatan / Atlanta Varsity

In the heart of Atlanta there exists a legendary food establishment, that restauraunt is The Varsity and its founder was Frank Gordy. The Varsity is just up the street from the campus of Georgia Tech University and it is a big supporter of the schools athletics. This conection is why when Gordy was awarded an expansion franchise in 1957 he moved the team into Alexander Memorial Coliseum, the home arena of Georgia Tech basketball, and called them the Atlanta Varsity. Like the teams name the original logo was very reflective of the restaurants.

Atlanta Varsity (1957-1969)

In 1970 Gordy wanted to find some financial backing for the team, that would allow him to be more competitive for free agents, so he reached out to George W. Woodruff the director of Coca-Cola Company. Woodruff bought 30% ownership in the team. His arrivale came along with new team colors and logo. Woodruff from the beginning, unbeknownst to Gordy, desired to be the sole owner of the team. In 1972, two years after first buying stake in the team, Woodruff talked Gordy into saling him 15% more of the team, thus leaving him with 45% interest. Money was still an issue for Gordy so in 1973 Woodruff talked him into saleing Coca-Cola Company 20% of the team; 10% from each of the partners. That same year the team also moved into the cutting edge Omni arena. The trap was set and the next year Woodruff sold his stake in the team to Coca-Cola Company. This left the company with 55% ownership in the team and that made it the majority and controlling owner. Being that Woodruff was the director of the company he hired himself to be the teams president. This move came with another color and logo change.

Atlanta Varsity (1970-1973)

Atlanta Varsity (1974-1976)

Gordy was stunned but he realized a fight would be futile so he sold 40% of the team to Woodruff in 1975. This left Gordy with only 5% ownership stake in the team but that was fine by him, the takeover had been hostile but perhaps it was for the best. In 1977 George Woodruff used his position with Coca-Cola Company to sale himself the company’s ownership stake in the team. This also brought on another new logo change. As the 1980s dawned Gordy was ready to finally let go so he sold his 5% to Woodruff, thus finally making the latter the sole owner.

Atlanta Varsity (1977-1990)

Woodruff loved owning the team and would not let them go until the day he died on February 4, 1987. Before the 1988 season the team was purchased by Arthur Blank another Atlanta businessman. Right from the first day he owned the team Blank began to patition lawmakers to help him get a new arena built in Atlanta; The Omni had become a joke, the building was literaly falling apart. By 1991 there were no indicators that a new arena would be built in anytime soon in Atlanta so Blank made good on his threat to sale the team to someone who would move them out of town.

And boy did that person ever move the team out of town. Blank sold the team to Francisco Luna Kan a politician from the Yucatan. Kan moved the team into Poliforum Zamina in Merida, Yucatan and he changed the name to Tucanes de Yucatan.

Tucanes de Yucatan (1991-1999)

Back in Atlanta there were those who were sadend to see the team go. Among them were one of Atlanta’s most wealthy citizens, Ted Turner. In 1997 ground was broken on a new arena in Atlanta. Turner resolved to bring the team now knowen as the Tucanes back to Atlanta. In 1999 he finally made Kan an offer he simply could not turn down. The next year Turner brought the team back to Georgia and renamed them the Atlanta Varsity. Along with their new arena, Philips Arena, they got new colors and a new logo.

Atlanta Varsity (2000-Present)

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Albuquerque Roadrunners / Arizona Roadrunners / Bandidos de Chihuahua

In 1958 an expansion franchise was awarded to the former governor of New Mexico Clyde Tingley. He moved his team into Albuquerque Civic Auditorium in Albuquerque and he named them the Albuquerque Roadrunners. On December 24, 1960 Tingley died without leaving an heir to the team. The league found it difficult to sale the franchise as well so for the 1961 season the team went under league control.

Albuquerque Roadrunners (1958-1991)

By 1965 it looked as though an owner would never be located so long as the team stayed in Albuquerque so the league began to search for an owner who would relocate the team. An effort to save the team gained momentum and finally local politicians came together to put a group together to purchase the team. The state of New Mexico agreed to purchase 30% of the team as did the city of Albuquerque. The remaining 40% would be purchased by Conrad Hilton. This made Hilton the majority and controlling owner.

From the onset public ownersip of the team was very controversial. By 1968 state wide opinion had shifted so far towards objecting to public ownership that state leaders sold their 30% share to Hilton. Hilton could see the wrighting on the wall and begane to seek a new owner. In 1970 he found one. He would sale the Roadrunners to George J. Maloof, Sr. Maloof proved to be a positiv thing for the team. He had money, was willing to spend money, and he stabalized any threat of the team leaving. Things changed however when he died on November 29, 1980. Shockingly he had left the team to his daughter Adrienne Maloof, who was only 19 years old at the time.

Overwhellmed Adrienne set her intentions on saleing the team. Once again the threat of the team moving came up. It was actually all set, she was going to sale the team to William Coors who was going to move them to Denver. Desperate to save the team New Mexico governor Bruce King stepped in and bought 51% and controlling interest in the team. He established himself as the team president. Adrienne had no intention of owning any part of the team however so King made an aggrement with the league that they would purchase the remaining 49% of the team.

In just one year Governor King would find new owners who would keep the team in Albuquerque. Those men were Roger Penske and Al Unser, Sr. Penske bought 60% and was the majority and controlling partner.

In 1992 the small town of Eager, Arizona built a grand domed stadium. It was built mostly for high school. It was a big and expensive project for such a small community so to help with the cost of the venture the city reached out to their most famous citizen. They asked him to secure a pro sports franchise for them. That man was Mark Gastineau. He used connections he had as a former pro-football player to organize a group who would purchase the Roadrunners and move them to Eager, Arizonia’s Round Valley Ensphere. The group was headed by Leon Hess who owned 40%. The minority partners were Brigitte Nielson who bought 30%, Greg Gorman who bought 10%, Helmut Newton who bought 10%, and Mark Gastineau who bought 10%.

Once move the team got a new logo and began going by the name Arizona Roadrunners.

Arizona Roadrunners (1992-1995)

By 1994 things were not going good in Eagar and two of the minority partners wanted out. So Hess bought the shares of one and Gastineau bought the others. Those minority partners were Greg Gorman and Helmut Newton. A year later Leon Hess knew that staying in Eagar was unsestanable. His resolution; buy out his two remaining partners. This allowed him to negotiate the sale of the team in whole unubstructed.

In 1996 he negotiated such a sale to Gustavo Madero Munoz a Mexican politician. Munoz moved the team to Gimnasio Universitario UACJ in Cuidad Juarez, Chihuahua and renamed the team the Bandidos de Chihuahua.

Bandidos de Chihuahua (1996-Present)

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Looks great!

[JMurr]

Portland Roses

The game came to the Pacific Northwest in 1961. The city had recently built a much heralded venue called Veterans Memorial Arena and this league wanted a team to play in it. So they went looking for a franchisee and they found one in Al Leader a hockey administrator who was activly involved in the region. For inspiration for a team name Leader looked towards a well knowen symbol of the city; the rose. Thus was born the Portland Roses.

Portland Roses (1961-1981)

In the early 1970’s Harry Glickman founded another sports franchise that would play in the Veterans Memorial Arena; that being the NBA’s Portland TrailBlazers. By 1972 he arranged to purchase the Roses as well. Glickman would be the majority owner with 55% and he would be joined by minority partners Herman Sarkowsky (15%), Larry Weinberg (15%) and Robert Schmertz (15%). The arrangement would be altered after Robert Schmertz died on July 24, 1975. Each of the remaining three partners received a third of his shares in the team.

In 1975 Glickman helped found the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks. That team became his primary focus, so in 1979 he sold half of his shares in the team to Weinberg. This made Weinberg, who now held 50% of the team, the majority and controlling owner of the Roses. Weinberg sought to consolidate control of the team and a year after taking control he convinced Sarkowsky to sale out to him. Weinberg now owned 70% of the team.

Now ownership authority also brought about other changes to the team, like a new logo in 1982. In 1988 Weinberg made his exit from professional sports franchise ownership when he sold both the Roses and TrailBlazers to Paul Allen. Allen also bought Glickman’s shares making him the sole owner of the team.

Portland Roses (1982-1991)

Allen would be the long time of the TrailBlazers but in 1992 he sold the Roses to Nick founder Phil Knight. Immediately the new owner brought in a new logo. In 1996 he moved them into a new arena fittingly called the Rose Garden. Another new logo change came about in 1998, then another in 2004 and then finally another in 2006.

Portland Roses (1992-1997)

Portland Roses (1998-2003)

Portland Roses (2004-2005)

Portland Roses (2006-Present)

Most recently in 2014 their arena changed names from the Rose Garden to the Moda Center.

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Dakota Pilots / Long Island Pilots / Long Island Scouts / New York Pumas

Have you ever been to Mitchell, South Dakota? If you have then you are aware of the small town’s most famous landmark; the Corn Palace. It is a grand arena in an otherwise quaint location. In 1964 locals turned to Mitchell’s most prominent citizen to bring professional sports to their corner of the world. George McGovern was South Dakota Congressman who had just a year ago been elected to the Senate and it was he who brought this league to Mitchell.

Dakota Pilots (1964-1974)

McGovern was also a veteran of the Second World War. During that conflict he was a pilot in the United States Air Force. In honor of this he named his team the Dakota Pilots. The years in South Dakota were enjoyable but McGovern soon realized that such a small market simply could not compete in many ways. So in 1975 he sold the team to investment banker Theodore Roosevelt IV. Roosevelt would move the team to Uniondale, New York and rename the team the Long Island Pilots. This also came with a new logo and color change.

Long Island Pilots (1975-1981)

In 1982 Roosevelt did what investers do, he sold his investment for a profit. The new owner was Thomas Watson, Jr. who renamed the team the Long Island Scouts. On December 31, 1993 Watson passed away and the league assumed control of the team for the 1994 season. The following season the team was sold to German business man Jochen Zeitz rebranded the team after the name of his company. The new name of the team became the New York Pumas.

Long Island Scouts (1982-1994)

New York Pumas (1995-Present)

In 2006 Zeitz had tired of owning a team and he sold them to another investor; Larry Fink. Four years later another foreign businessman would come to the area and begin purchasing sports franchises. That man was Mikhail Prokhorov and in 2010 he would purchase the Pumas. In 2013 Prokhorov would move the team into the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

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1. New York Towers

2. Aztecas de Mexico

3. Vancouver Lumberjacks

4. Manitoba Mounties

5. Montgomery Rebels / Seattle Rascals

6. San Diego Orcas / Buhos de Tijuana

7. Mobile Lions / London Lions

8. Indiana Racers / Thunder Bay Sleeping Giants / Montreal Beavers

9. Denver Pioneers

10. Las Vegas Cowboys / Calgary Cowboys

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New York Towers

When the New York Giants moved to San Francisco in 1957 a group of prominent sports enthusiast from New York set their sights on bring another baseball team back to their city. In 1962 their efforts came to fruition when the New York Mets were born. Following this accomplishment five of those individuals went to work on bringing back the New York Towers to this league. In 1966 the league granted them an expansion franchise which they named the New York Towers and moved into Rose Hill Gymnasium in Bronx, New York. The arena was a temporary home while a new Madison Square Garden were under construction in Manhattan.

New York Towers (1966-1968)

The ownership group consisted of majority owner Joan Whitney Payson (50%), William Shea (30%), M. Donald Grant (10%), George Herbert Walker, Jr. (5%), and Robert F. Wagner, Jr. (5%). In 1969 the new Madison Square Garden was complete and the team moved in. The move came with an updated logo that featured the same colors as the New York Mets.

New York Towers (1969-1988)

The Towers proved to be popular and other local sports owners noticed. Among those were Ned Irish. In 1970 Irish purchased the shares of William Shea, George Herbert Walker, Jr., and Robert F. Wagner, Jr.

Following the death of Joan Whitney Payson on October 4, 1975 Ned Irish purchased her shares from her estate and those of M. Donald Grant. This made Irish the sole owner of the Towers. Then suddenly in 1978 he would sale the team to Nelson Rockefeller.

Rockefeller’s sudden death from a heart attack on January 26, 1979 would usher in a wild decade of instable owners for the New York Towers. At first the team was purchased by New York Times executive Arthur Ochs Sulzberger. In 1983 he would sale the team to New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner. Two years later he would sale the team to businessman Robert L. Johnson. Another two years later and the team was sold to Natheans Famous executive Murray Handwerker. In 1989 ownership stability would be resecured when Donald Trump purchased the team. His arrivel coincided with a new logo.

New York Towers (1989-1998)

In 1999 the team would again get a new logo and that logo would be updated in 2011.

New York Towers (1999-2010)

New York Towers (2011-Present)

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Aztecas de Mexico

In 1969 the league made their first venture into Mexico when they awarded Salvador Lutteroth, a Lucha Libra promotor who owned his own arena, an expansion franchise. Lutteroth named his team Aztecas de Mexico and placed them in his Arena Mexico. Just a few years later in 1972 he would sale the team to businessman Emilio Azcarraga Milmo. No longer the team owner but still their landlord Lutteroth jacked their rent way up. Consiquently Milmo moved the team out of Arena Mexico and into Auditorio Nacional for the 1975 season.

Aztecas de Mexico (1969-1987)

In 1988 the team got an updated logo. On April 16, 1997 Milmo passed away and left the team to his son Emilio Azcarraga Jean.

Aztecas de Mexico (1988-Present)

In 2012 Mexico City got a brand new sports arena and for the 2013 season the Aztecas moved in.

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Love azteca's logo.

[JMurr]

Vancouver Lumberjacks

In 1970 H.R. MacMillan, a Canadian executive in the timber industry, was awarded an expansion franchise. For a home for his team he chose the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia and he called his team the Lumberjacks.

Vancouver Lumberjacks (1970-1995)

In 1975 a year after he purchased the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks businessman Frank Griffiths purchased the Lumberjacks from MacMillan.

On April 7, 1994 Griffiths passed away and both the Canucks and Lumberjacks were passed onto his son Arthur Griffiths. The younger Griffiths spent a lot of money constructing a new arena and soon found himself financial difficulty. So he formed Orca Bay Sports and Entertainment a holding company for the Canucks, Lumberjacks, and the new arena GM Place. When they moved into the arena in 1996 they also got a new logo.

Vancouver Lumberjacks (1996-2009)

In 2000 one of the principal owners of Orca Bay Sports and Entertainment used Griffiths continued finacial issues as leverage to purchase the team away from the holding company. This made that man John McCaw, Jr. the sole owner of the Lumberjacks. However in 2007 he sold the team back to Orca Bay Sports and Entertainment. This time Francesco Aquilini was hired as team president. A year later the holding companies name was changed to Canuck Sports & Entertainment.

In 2010 their arena changed it’s name to Rogers Arena and the team got a new logo.

Vancouver Lumberjacks (2010-Present)

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Manitoba Mounties

In 1962 Ben Hatskin, a Winnipeg businessman, began petitioning the NHL to grant him an expansion franchise. By 1971 he still had not accomplished this effort however he was granted a franchise in this league. He moved the team into Winnipeg and named them the Manitoba Mounties. A year later Hatskin would however start a hockey team in a rival league to the NHL. Hatskin was desperate to make his hockey team a success and he spent big to aquire star talent. His efforts put him in a tight financial situation however so in 1974 he sold the team to attorney Izzy Asper.

Manitoba Mounties (1971-2001)

Asper was the best thing that happened to the Mounties. He was a proud Manitoban and he was an excellent manager. He owned the team until 2002. The year before a holding company had been formed in an effort to bring the NHL back to Winnipeg. That company was called True North Sports and Entertainment and Asper was impressed by those who were running it so he entrusted the future of the Mounties to them. Mark Chipman was hired by the company as the president of the team. These changes also came with a new logo change.

Manitoba Mounties (2002-Present)

By 2005 True North Sports and Entertainment had completed constructing a new arena called MTS Center. That year they moved the Mounties into the new arena.

[jmoe12]

Love the plaid leaf for Vancouver! Manitoba looks nice as well.

[JMurr]

Montgomery Rebels / Seattle Rascals

In 1972 Bill France, Sr. in partnership with RJ Reynolds Industries, Inc. were awarded an expansion franchise. They would place their team deep in the south at Montgomery, Alabama’s Garrett Coliseum. RJ Reynolds was the majority owner with 60%. France owned 40% but it was he who operated the team. They called their team the Montgomery Rebels.

Montgomery Rebels (1972-1985)

In 1986 RJ Reynold’s was undergoing change. The company became RJR Nabisco. The corporate change also came with a new logo for the Rebels. The new corporate leadership had no interest in owning a sports franchise. They approached France and offered to sale him their stake in the team however he had no interest in owning the team if he did not have the corporate money of RJR Nabisco; so the team was put up for sale in full.

Montgomery Rebels (1986-1992)

By 1988 when the team had not sold RJR Nabisco sold the franchise back to the league. The team searched for ownership who would keep the team in the south but by 1993 when Washington Mutual executive Kerry Killinger approached with an offer to buy the team and move them to Seattle, the league accepted. The team moved into the Seattle Center Coliseum and rebranded themselves as the Seattle Rascals. Officially Washington Mutual owned the team but Killinger operated it.

Seattle Rascals (1993-1996)

They only played in their new arena for a year. It soon came under reconstruction so the team temporarily moved into the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington. Two seasons latter in 1996 the updated arena, now known as Key Arena, was ready for them to move in.

In 1997 the team got a new logo. Then in 2003 they went back to a logo similar to their first in Seattle but with adjusted colors.

Seattle Rascals (1997-2002)

Seattle Rascals (2003-Present)

Then in 2008 the sub-prime mortgage crises swept across America and banks were failing everywhere. One of the banks that contributed to the onset of the crises was Washington Mutual. In 2009 after the bank had failed and Killinger was facing prosecution the Bill and Malinda Gates Foundation stepped in to purchase the Rascals with Bill Gates as the head of the team.

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San Diego Orcas / Buhos de Tijuana

In 1973 Irv Levin was awarded a franchise. He moved the team into the San Diego Sports Arena and named the team for the city’s most famous resident; Shamu the orca whale. In 1985 businessman Carlos Slim approached Levin and offered to buy his team. Levin sold and Slim moved the team to Tijuana.

San Diego Orcas (1973-1984)

Into the Tijuana Municipal Auditorium and along with a new name; Buhos de Tijuana. In 1993 the team got a new logo.

Buhos de Tijuana (1985-1992)

Buhos de Tijuana (1993-Present)

[kevsim1]

The trolls logo was epic JMoe? How bout that Rascals logo!?

[JMurr]

Mobile Lions / London Lions

In 1977 a franchise was awarded to an unconventional owner. The Retirement Systems of Alabama, that agency that manages the public pensions in that state, was allowed to invest in the league by purchasing a team. The head of the fund David G. Bronner was named president of the team. The team was moved into the Mobile Civic Center and named the Mobile Lions.

Mobile Lions (1977-1984)

The team was one of the league’s most popular and consistent. Change did not come to the franchises image until 1985 when they got a logo change.

Mobile Lions (1985-2002)

In 2003 Bronner was still running the team but he felt the time was right for the fund to cash in on their investment so they sold the team to the owners of the junior hockey club the London Knights. Those new owners were brothers Dale and Mark Hunter who moved the team to the Labbett Centre in London, Ontario. The move came with a name change to the London Lions and a new logo. With 51% ownership Dale was the majority and controlling owner of the club.

London Lions (2003-Present)

In 2005 5% of the team was sold to Labbett Brewing in an effort to expand the teams spending power. In 2012 the leagues arena’s name was changed to Budweiser Gardens.

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Indiana Racers / Thunder Bay Sleeping Giants / Montreal Beavers

In 1980 the wife of the man who built the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Mary Fendrich Hulman, was awarded an expansion franchise. She moved her team into an unlikly venue; the Indianapolis Tennis Center. She would honor her family business by nameing the team the Indiana Racers.

Indiana Racers (1980-1991)

In 1992 Hulman was approached by Saul Laskin, the former Mayor of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Laskin wanted to bring big time pro sports to Thunder Bay. He convinced Hulman to sale him her team. Following the sale he moved the team to Fort William Gardens and gave the team the strange name of Thunder Bay Sleeping Giants. The unusual name was a highlight of one of the city’s most distingusing landmarks.

Thunder Bay Sleeping Giants (1992-1996)

The move was foolish and by 1995 Laskin confessed to the league that he could no longer support ownership of the team. The league assumed control of the team and began looking for a new owner. League officials were concerned that they had too many teams in small markets. They set their sights on Montreal and began looking for an owner who would move the team there. In 1997 those terms were meet when the Hudson Bay Company agreed to aquire the franchise. CEO Yves Fortier was named as the team president and the team was renamed the Montreal Beavers following their move into Montreal’s Molson Centre. In 2002 the arena would be renamed the Bell Centre.

Montreal Beaver (1997-Present)

In 2006 Hudson Bay Company was taken over in a hostile takeover. Once this was accomplished the new boss in charge Jerry Zucker named himself the team president. A year later he went even further by arranging the sale of the team from Hudson Bay Company to himself. On April 12, 2008 Zucker died from a brain tumor and his wife, Anita Zucker, inheritaed the team.

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Denver Pioneers

In the early 1980’s William Coors of the Coors beer company tried to purchase the strugging Albuquerque Roadrunners, with the intention of moving them to Denver. When that did not work out the league awarded him an expansion franchise for 1982. Honoring Colorado’s history in the American frontier he named the team the Denver Pioneers and moved them into McNichols Sports Arena. In 2000 the team moved into the newly built Pepsi Center.

Denver Pioneers (1982-Present)

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Las Vegas Cowboys / Calgary Cowboys

In 1984 a Las Vegas banker and developer named E. Parry Thomas was awarded an expansion franchise. He named his team the Las Vegas Cowboys drawing upon the wild west aspect of the city. He moved his team into the Thomas and Mack Center which was named in part after him.

Las Vegas Cowboys (1984-1990)

In 1991 a Canadian rodeo man named Reg Kesler was interested in owning a team in this leauge. He specifically targeted aquiring the Cowboys because the name fit him and the city he inteneded to move the team to; Calgary, Alberta. In 1991 he did just that, purchase the team and move them to Calgary. Their new home arena was the famed Saddeldome.

Calgary Cowboys (1991-2000)

In 1994 Kesler would sale the Cowboys to a part owner of the NHL’s Calgary Flames; Norman Kwong. The next year the team temporarily moved into the Stampede Corral while the Saddledome was being renovated. A year later from that the revamped arena was ready for them to move back in along with a new name for the arena; Canadian Airlines Saddeldome.

In 2001 the arena would receive another new name, this time Scottiabank Saddledome. This change also came with a logo change. Along with purchasing the nameing rights to the arena Scottiabank also purchased the team however they retained Kwong as the team president. This arrangment would last until 2011 when the arena would revert back to the simple Saddledome name and Scottiabank would also sale the team back to Kwong.

Calgary Cowboys (2001-Present)