Indianapolis Racers
September 9, 2020
World Hockey Association (1974-1978) Born: September 14, 1973 – WHA expansion franchise Folded: December 15, 1978 First Game: October 17, 1974 (L 4-2 vs. Michigan Stags) Last
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Indianapolis Ice
April 22, 2020
International Hockey League (1988-1999) Central Hockey League (1999-2004) Born: June 9, 1988 – The IHL’s dormant Indianapolis Checkers franchise is purchased & re-activated Folded: April
Indianapolis Twisters / Indiana Twisters
December 26, 2019
The Indianapolis (later “Indiana”) Twisters were a professional indoor soccer team that played at Market Square Arena for two summers in 1996 and 1997. The Twisters were part of the Continental Indoor Soccer League, a circuit that initially attracted well-heeled NBA and NHL owners and swelled to a peak of 15 teams in 1995. But by the time that brothers David & Rodney Goins bought into the league for a $350,000 expansion fee in early 1996, the CISL was in contraction mode. The league had shrunk from 15 to 10 members that winter. The Twisters would end up being the last expansion franchise to ever join the CISL, which folded at the end of the 1997 season.
Indianapolis Checkers
March 28, 2015
Central Hockey League (1979-1984) International Hockey League (1984-1987) Born: August 1, 1979 – The Fort Worth Texans relocate to Indianapolis, IN Suspended Operations: August 10,
Indiana Loves
May 31, 2013
The Indiana Loves were a four-year member of Billie Jean King’s kooky, colorful World Team Tennis experiment during the mid-1970’s. The franchise started out as the Detroit Loves in WTT’s inaugural season of 1974,. At the end of the season, the original owners sold out to Indianapolis businessman and tennis aficionado William Bereman, who kept the Loves name and moved the club to Indianapolis’ Market Square Arena for the 1975 campaign. The Loves top star was the young Lithuanian-American tennis phenom Vitas Gerulaitis, who played for the team in 1977 and 1978. The Loves folded along with the rest of the league at the end of the 1978 season.