The Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz were an indoor football league that competed for seven seasons in Arena Football 2 (AF2) and the Arena Football League (AFL) between 2004 and 2010. After initial strong crowds at the two-year old Ford Center in 2004 and 2005, the team’s attendance faded and the Dawgz moved to the older and smaller Cox Convention Center before disbanding in 2010.
Continental Basketball Association (1990-1997) Born: 1989 – CBA expansion franchise Folded: August 13, 1997 First Game: November 9, 1990 (L 118-111 vs. Pensacola Tornados) Last
The Oklahoma City Blazers was the name chosen by two separate minor league hockey franchises in the Central Hockey League of the 1960’s and 1970’s. Because the two teams used the same identity and were separated by only a single year’s lay-off, we’ve elected to consolidate them into a single FWiL entry. The Blazers glory years came during their time as the top farm club of the NHL’s Boston Bruins from 1965 to 1971
The Oklahoma Wranglers were a well-traveled Arena Football League franchise that settled in Oklahoma City in the spring of 2000 following brief runs in Memphis (1995-1996) and Portland, Oregon (1997-1999). The Wranglers played their two seasons at the 28-year old Myriad Convention Center downtown. The team intended to move into the $89 million Ford Center upon its opening in the spring of 2002. But owner Ed Gatlin removed his financial support of the money-losing franchise during the summer of 2001. The AFL dissolved the franchise in November 2001.
The Oklahoma City Blazers were a beloved hockey team of the 1990’s and 2000’s in the “double-A” level Central Hockey League (CHL). The Blazers were one of six original members of the CHL when it opened for business in 1992. Both the Blazers and the CHL itself were nostalgic re-boots of an earlier era of pro hockey: the original Central Hockey League operated from 1963-1984 and included the original Oklahoma City Blazers club from 1965 to 1977.
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