Y2K / Early 2000s

Originally opened as Avalanche Run, this indoor roller coaster opened at Cedar Point in 1985. In 1990, it was renovated and renamed Disaster Transport, featuring a futuristic space theme. Over time, though, the theming deteriorated and was never repaired. It gave it's last ride...

The Metrodome, officially the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, opened in Minneapolis 1982, replacing Metropolitan Stadium in suburban Bloomington as the home of the city's pro baseball and pro football teams. The baseball team left after the 2009 season and moved into their own place....

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...

Much like Jungle Jim's down the road in Fairfield, Ohio, Woody's started as a roadside fruit and vegetable stand. Woodrow “Woody” Bowman started it all in 1944 on a half acre of land on the old Dixie Highway. Woody’s Market closed in 1999, and Bowman died...

Boardwalk and Baseball was a theme park in Haines City, FL that opened in April 1987. It replaced Circus World, keeping many of that park's rides but otherwise completely re-theming the entire property. The park was successful in attracting the Kansas City Royals baseball...

The Macon Whoopee played in the Central Hockey League (CHL) from 1996 to 2001. The team took its name from a previous squad that played in the city for part of the 1973-74 Southern Hockey League season. After the second Whoopee team folded, the??Tallahassee...

The Kansas City Blades played in the International Hockey League (IHL) from 1990 until 2001 when the league ceased operations. They played their games at Kemper Arena.

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

Jack Murphy Stadium, better known as simply "The Murph" to San Diego Sports fans, opened in 1967 as San Diego Stadium. San Diego's football team played at the stadium from 1967 through the 2016 season, after which they moved to Los Angeles. OS16306

Home to hockey's Penguins from 1967 to 2010, the Civic Arena was nicknamed "The Igloo." It was also home to the ABA's??Pipers??and??Condors??in the late '60s and early '70s, as well as the indoor soccer??Spirit??in the '80s and the??Gladiators??of the Arena Football League. The Penguins...

Kiddieland Amusement Park in??Melrose Park, Illinois was home to several classic rides including the??Little Dipper??roller coaster. The park opened in 1929 but closed on September 27, 2009, however the sign for the amusement park can still be seen at the Melrose Park Public Library.

The Racer roller coaster opened on April 29, 1972 along with the rest of Kings Island. Starting with the 1982 park season, one train was turned around and became known as the Backwards Racer. It was only supposed to be that way for the...

The Charleston Wheelers was the original name of the city's current minor league baseball team. They changed their name in 1995 to the Alley Cats, and again in 2005 to the West Virginia Power, and yet again in 2021.

Lexington Mall opened in 1975. It featured three anchors ad 48 inline stores. For a time it was very popular, even though it wasn't big as the competing Fayette Mall a few malls away. The redevelopment of that shopping center, though, led to the...

The Scottish Claymores played in the World League of American Football (WLAF), later called NFL Europe, from 1995 until 2004. Based in Edinburgh, they won a World Bowl title in 1996.

The Columbus Thunderbolts of the Arena Football League (AFL) were established in 1991 and played their home games in the Expo Center. Their coach was Earl Bruce. In 1992, they moved to Cleveland, folding after the 1994 season. The AFL returned to Columbus in...

The Chicago Hounds played one season in the United Hockey League. There home ice was the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates. They were founded in 2003 as the Richmond (VA) Riverdogs. They moved to Chicago in 2006 and folded in 2007.

The Wranglers were supposed to begin play as an expansion team in the West Coast Hockey League (WCHL) in 1999. However, lack of a suitable arena delayed their debut. By the time they had settled into the Orleans Arena in 2003, the East Coast...

Riverfront Stadium, later Cinergy Field, was the home of the Reds from 1970 until 2002. The team captured three World Series titles (1975, 1976, and 1990) while playing there.

Dive was a nautically themed restaurant owned by film director??director Steven??Spielberg. It opened in 1994 in the Marketplace food court of the Century City shopping complex. A second location opened a year later in Las Vegas at Fashion Show Mall on The Strip. The...

Sam's Sea Food and Hawaiian Village opened on the??Pacific Coast Highway in the Sunset Beach area of Los Angeles in 1923. It was started as a bait and tackle shop in nearby Seal Beach, it morphed into a tiki bar and moved up the...

The Carolina Cobras played in The Arena Football League??from 2000 to 2004. Their home field was the??Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena for its first three seasons. In 2003, the team played its home games in Charlotte.??

The Albany Firebirds played in the Arena Football League?????from 1990 to 2010. While in the New York State capital, they won six division titles, made nine playoff appearances, and won the 1999??ArenaBowl??championship. Despite their success on the field and at the gate, the team...

The Arizona Hotshots played in the Alliance of American Football (AAF) which played only part of its inaugural in 2019, before folding up shop. The Hotshots moniker was dervied from the nickname for the area's firefighters.

It's been called one of the worst-kept secrets in sports. Who was Mr. America...?

Cicadas??are winged insects, known for the songs sung by most, but not all, males of the species. They are better known for their swarming behavior which occurs every 13 to 17 years, depending on thee brood, or generation. There are 23 broods in North...

The??Omaha Nighthawks were established in 2010 as an expansion team in the United Football League. Their homefield in 2010 was old??Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium. In 2011 they moved into??TD Ameritrade Park.??They played three seasons before folding along with the rest of the league after the...

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.

Club Laga was a popular venue for punk hardcore, punk, and hip-hop acts from 1996 until 2004. One floor below was the Upstage Lounge a popular dance club in the '80s and 90s.

The Detroit Falcons were a Colonial Hockey League team founded in 1991 as the Michigan Falcons, and based in Fraser, MI. Starting in 1992 they were known as the Detroit Falcons. The team moved to Port Huron, MI and became the Border Cats before...