The San Diego Riptide were a minor league indoor football team that played four seasons in Arena Football 2 (AF2). The Riptide were part of a West Coast expansion of AF2 in the year 2002 that saw franchises added in Bakersfield, Fresno and Hawaii to create a Western Division in the sprawling, 34-team league. The Riptide lasted four seasons at the Sports Arena, never managing to post a winning record.
American Basketball Association (1975) Born: June 1975 – Re-branded from San Diego Conquistadors Folded: November 11, 1975 First Game: October 24, 1975 (L 120-108 vs. Denver Nuggets)
The San Diego Stingrays were a One-Year Wonder in the short-lived International Basketball League. The team stumbled through a 19-45 last place campaign during the winter of 1999-00 and then quietly went out of business. The Stingrays were the sixth pro basketball team to fail at the San Diego Sports Arena since the building opened in 1966. The ‘Rays followed the Rockets, Conquistadors, Sails, Clippers and Wildcards into the city’s roundball graveyard.
International Hockey League (1990-1995) Born: 1990 Move Announced: January 5, 1995 (Los Angeles Ice Dogs) First Game: October 5, 1990 (W 4-3 vs. Salt Lake
The original San Diego Gulls were a popular entry in the minor Western Hockey League in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. The club was the brainchild of veteran San Diego sports booster Bob Breitbard, who oversaw construction of the San Diego Sports Arena in 1966 and owned both of its major tenants: the Gulls and the NBA’s San Diego Rockets. The Gulls were evicted from the Arena and disbanded in 1974 to make space for the major league San Diego Mariners of the World Hockey Association. The Gulls identity has subsequently been revived by three different San Diego minor league hockey clubs during the past half century.
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