Vegas Knight Hawks
Vegas Knight Hawks | |
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Established 2021 Play in Henderson, Nevada at the Dollar Loan Center KnightHawksFootball.com | |
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Indoor Football League (in 2022) | |
Team colors | Black, red, gold, and white |
Personnel | |
Owner(s) | Bill Foley Chuck Brennan |
President | Kerry Bubolz |
Head coach | Mike Davis |
Team history | |
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Championships | |
League championships (0) | |
Conference championships (0) | |
Division championships (0) | |
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The Vegas Knight Hawks are a professional indoor football team based in Henderson, Nevada, a suburb of Las Vegas. They are a member of the Indoor Football League (IFL) and are set to begin play in 2022 at . They are owned by Bill Foley, owner of the National Hockey League's Vegas Golden Knights.[1] They are the third football team to play in the Las Vegas metropolitan area following the arrival of the National Football League's Las Vegas Raiders and the XFL Las Vegas Outlaws, as well as being the fourth arena/indoor football team to play in Vegas following the defunct Las Vegas Sting, Las Vegas Gladiators, and Las Vegas Outlaws, all from the also defunct Arena Football League.
History[]
In May 2021, the Indoor Football League (IFL) announced that Bill Foley, owner of the National Hockey League's Vegas Golden Knights, and Chuck Brennan, the founder and CEO of the Dollar Loan Center, had purchased an IFL franchise to compete at The Dollar Loan Center, which was under construction in Henderson, Nevada.[2] The Dollar Loan Center was built to be the home of the Golden Knights' American Hockey League affiliate, the Henderson Silver Knights, with an expected completion in early 2022.[3] On August 23, 2021, the team announced their name and logo, as well as introducing former Nebraska Danger head coach Mike Davis as the team's first head coach.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "The Vegas Knight Hawks Are The Newest Franchise In The IFL". Our Sports Central. August 23, 2021.
- ^ "Vegas Golden Knights buy Indoor Football League expansion franchise". KSNV-TV. May 11, 2021.
- ^ "AHL Silver Knights to end 2021-22 schedule in new home". Las Vegas Review-Journal. July 23, 2021.
External links[]
- Indoor Football League teams
- Sports teams in Las Vegas
- American football teams established in 2021
- 2021 establishments in Nevada
- Sports in Henderson, Nevada