Tag: Travis County Exposition Center

1999 Texas Terminators Program from the Indoor Professional Football League

Texas Terminators

March 7, 2023

The Texas Terminators were an Austin-based indoor football team that played for a single season in the Indoor Professional Football League from April to August 1999. The Terminators made their home at the Travis County Exposition Center, a 6,000-seat rodeo barn with no air conditioning. The team was stocked with former University of Texas Longhorns, including record-setting quarterback James Brown and running back Butch Hadnot. After a superb regular season, the Longhorns hosted the IPFL championship game in August 1999 in what would prove to be the team’s final game.

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1996 Austin Ice Bats Program from the Western Professional Hockey League

Austin Ice Bats

April 18, 2015

The Austin Ice Bats were a hot ticket in Texas’ capital city for several winters during the late 1990’s. Playing in the lower ranks of professional ice hockey’s minor league ecosystem, the ‘Bats relied of classic bush league promos like “Guaranteed Fight Night”. Crowds declined precipitously beginning in the early 2000’s and arena problems finally doomed the Ice Bats in 2008 after 12 seasons.

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