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Established in 1967, the New Jersey Americans were charter members of the American Basketball Association (ABA). After just one season in the Garden State, they moved to Long Island and became the New York Nets. They returned to New Jersey in 1977 after the...

Rolling Acres Mall in Akron opened its doors for the first time on August 6, 1975 with 21 stores and Sears as its first anchor.?? Over the years it expanded to 140 stores and five anchors, becoming the top shopping destination in the Akron...

The Toledo Storm played in the East Coast Hockey League (now simply the ECHL) from 1991 to 2007. They won back-to-back Kelly Cups in 1993 and 1994. In 1996, the team made hockey history as Erin Whitten, one of the team's goaltenders, became the...

Rays was the name of Orlando's minor league baseball team from 1997 to 2003.

Memorial Stadium in Baltimore was an iconic sports venue that hosted a number of baseball, soccer, and football teams, and held many great memories for the town's sports fans. It's most notable tenants were the original Baltimore Colts football team and the one that...

Big Town Mall opened in 1959 in the Dallas suburb of Mesquite and was the first enclosed shopping center in the Southwest. The center's exterior was featured in the 1985 film??True Stories by Talking Heads member David Byrne. The mall closed in 2001 and...

King Cobra was the first coaster to be designed and built specifically as a stand-up coaster. The ride opened in 1984. The original manufacturer, TOGO, went out of business in 2001 making parts difficult to find causing the ride to close after the 2002...

The Hitmen??were members of the original??XFL??in 2001 season, that league's only season. The team finished?? with 4 wins and 6 losses while averaging just over 28,000 fans a game at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ.??

The Memphis Maniax??were members of the original XFL in 2001 season, that league's only season. The team finished?? with 5 wins and 5 losses while averaging 20,000 fans to the Liberty Bowl.??

Bush Stadium, not to be confused with the similarly named ball park in St. Louis (with a slightly different spelling), was located in Indianapolis in the city's Riverside neighborhood. Built in 1931, it was the home of the baseball Indians (AAA), as well as...

The Aloha Motel was located at????7307 N Ocean Blvd.??in??Myrtle Beach. It welcomed generations of vacationers until it closed in the early 2000s. The site is now occupied by a condo complex.

Surf Cincinnati was a water park located in Forest Park, Ohio, just off of I-275 in suburban Cincinnati. It opened in 1990 and competed with the famous Sunlite Pool, The Beach, and Kings Island's new water park. In 2000, a nightclub called??Caddy's??was added after...

Before major league hockey arrived in Columbus, the city had many minor league teams. None were more popular than the Columbus Chill. In 1991, the team debuted as an expansion franchise in the East Coast Hockey League (now just the ECHL, thank you). Their...

Lazzie Bear was a Christmas plushie sold at Lazarus department stores staring with the 1986 holiday season. He retired in the early 2000s, when the chain, after several mergers and acquisitions, took the Macy's name.

Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour is an American ice cream parlor chain founded in Portland in 1963 by Bob Farrell??and Ken McCarthy.??The chain grew to 120 locations, but as of 2018 there were only 2 locations remaining, both in California.

The Salt Lake Stallions were charter members of the short-lived Alliance of American Football (AAF), a spring football league launched in 2019.

The Buffalo Blues played in the short-lived Federal League in 1914 and 1915. Despite many attempts, including the formation of another rebel baseball circuit, the Continental League in the late 1950s, big league baseball has never returned to Buffalo. In 2020, Toronto's baseball team...

They say 60 games is better than one. Sit on your porch and listen to Cincinnati baseball in this great design from Old School Shirts! *A portion of proceeds from the sale of this shirt benefits the Reds Community Fund

The Georgia Dome was opened in 1992 and primarily served as the home the NFL Atlanta Falcons from 1992 through 2016, replacing Atlanta Fulton County stadium, built in 1966. It was demolished on November 20, 2017. The facility also was home to the NBA...

The San Jose SabreCats were one of the most successful teams in the history of the Arena Football league. Founded in 1995, the played 20 seasons, made 16 playoff appearances and appeared in the championship game, The Arena Bow, seven times. They won four...

Lincoln Mall opened in 1973 at the corner of U.S. Route 30 and Cicero Avenue in Matteson, Illinois. For the next 42 years shoppers to roamed its two levels, four anchor stores, and 250,000 square feet of retail space. In 2015, the inside of...

After 10 years of serving Dayton patrons with bar food at Talegators Pub & Grill, the sports bar's location at 6270 Far Hills Ave., closed in 2013.

The Baltimore Bohemians played in the United Soccer League (USL) from 2012 to 2016. Their home pitch was Cedar Lane in suburban Bel Air, Maryland.

The United Football League (UFL) played three seasons and part of a fourth and occupied the second tier of American outdoor football. A total of eight cities were represented, though no more than five teams played at any one time. Unlike many latter day...

K ??B Toys (also known as Kay Bee Toys) was a chain of mall-based retail toy stores founded in 1922. The chain went out of business in 2009 with rival Toys "R" Us acquiring the remains of K ??B Toys.Looking for youth ??sizes? Shop...

The second incarnation of the Dayton Gems played in the International Hockey League for one season, 2009/2010 before moving to the Central Hockey League. They folded in 2012.

The Hilo Stars were members of the Hawaii Winter Baseball league, a developmental circuit that played on and off from 1993 to 2008. They split home games between Vulcan Field and Wong Stadium. Partially funded by the big leagues, the league featured players from...

The Grand Prix of Cleveland was an Indy car event first held on July 4, 1982 as the "Budweiser Cleveland 500." The race was held annually at Burke Lakefront Airport through 2007.

Fruit Pie the Magician was the official mascot for Hostess fruit pies from 1973 until early 2006 when the brand removed the character from their labels. The Magician appeared on fruit pie product labels as a pie dressed in a cape, top hat and...

Established in Buffalo in 1999, the Destroyers were an Arena League Football team that moved to Columbus in 2004. In 2008, the team ceased operations but was revived in the winter of 2019. However, six months later, the entire league went out of business.